'Bulge' definitions:

Definition of 'bulge'

(from WordNet)
noun
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
verb
Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude]
verb
Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge [syn: bulge, bag]
verb
Bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out]
verb
Cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulge, bulk]

Definition of 'Bulge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. [1913 Webster]
  • And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bulge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. [1913 Webster]
  • Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bulge'

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