'Bulging' definitions:
Definition of 'bulging'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Bulging'
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 'bulging'
From: GCIDE
- bulging \bulging\ adj.
- 1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave. [Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave; gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
- Syn: convex. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. curving outward.
- Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'bulging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bagging,
- baggy,
- ballooning,
- bellied,
- bellying,
- bellylike,
- billowing,
- billowy,
- bloated,
- bosomy,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- bulbose,
- bulbous,
- bumped,
- bumpy,
- bunched,
- bunchy,
- bursting,
- capacity,
- chock-full,
- chuck-full,
- congested,
- convex,
- cram-full,
- crammed,
- distended,
- farci,
- filled,
- flush,
- full,
- full to bursting,
- hillocky,
- hummocky,
- jam-packed,
- moutonnee,
- overfull,
- overstuffed,
- packed,
- packed like sardines,
- plenary,
- pneumatic,
- potbellied,
- pouching,
- ready to burst,
- replete,
- rotund,
- round,
- rounded,
- rounded out,
- satiated,
- saturated,
- soaked,
- SRO,
- standing room only,
- stuffed,
- surfeited,
- swelling,
- swollen,
- topful,
- verrucated,
- verrucose,
- warty