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Bulge

Bulge Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bulge? [n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [v] cause to bulge or swell outwards [v] swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise" [v] bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [v] bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bulge: bag \| bug out \| bulge out \| bulk \| bump \| come out \| excrescence \| extrusion \| gibbosity \| gibbousness \| hump \| jut \| pop \| pop out \| prominence \| protrude \| protrusion \| protuberance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bulge: advantage \| allowance \| bag \| balloon \| beetle \| belly \| belly out \| bilge \| billow \| blain \| bleb \| blister \| blob \| boss \| bouge \| bow \| bubble \| bug \| bulb \| bulla \| bump \| bunch \| burl \| button \| cahot \| chine \| clump \| coign of vantage \| condyle \| convex \| deadwood \| dilate \| distend \| dowel \| drop \| ear \| edge \| expand \| flange \| flap \| flying start \| gall \| gnarl \| goggle \| handicap \| handle \| head start \| hill \| hump \| hunch \| inside track \| jog \| joggle \| jump \| jut \| knob \| knot \| knur \| knurl \| lip \| loop \| lump \| mole \| mountain \| nevus \| nub \| nubbin \| nubble \| odds \| overhand \| overhang \| papilloma \| peg \| poke \| pooch \| pop \| pouch \| pout \| project \| projection \| protrude \| protrusion \| protuberance \| protuberate \| rib \| ridge \| ring \| round out \| running start \| shoulder \| something extra \| something in reserve \| spine \| stand out \| start \| stick out \| stud \| style \| swell \| swell out \| swelling \| tab \| tubercle \| tubercule \| upper hand \| vantage \| vantage ground \| vantage point \| verruca \| vesicle \| wale \| wart \| welt \| whip hand See Also \| belly \| bulge \| caput \| change form \| change form \| change shape \| change shape \| deform \| deform \| frontal eminence \| jut \| jut out \| nub \| occipital protuberance \| pouch \| project \| projection \| protrude \| protrude \| protuberate \| stick out \| swell \| wart Bulge In Webster's Dictionary \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b?h to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly}, {Billow}, {Bouge}, n.] 1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall. 3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2. {Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}. \Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulging}.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. 2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome.

Bulge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bulge?

[n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
[v] cause to bulge or swell outwards
[v] swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
[v] bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
[v] bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

Bulge In Webster's Dictionary

\Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to
swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to
swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b?h to be large, strong;
the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly}, {Billow},
{Bouge}, n.]
1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when
   caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.

{Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.


\Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bulging}.]
1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it
   yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall
   bulges.

2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

         And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
                                               --Broome.

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