'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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