Bulge \Bulge\ (b[u^]lj), 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[.r]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.
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2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when
caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
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3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
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Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bulge \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.
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2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
--Broome.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bulge
n : something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion,
excrescence]
v 1: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
[syn: pouch, protrude]
2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear
to bulge [syn: bag]
3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: protrude, pop, pop
out, bulge out, bug out, come out]
4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulk]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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