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bilge
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WordNet
NounPlural: bilges |
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| bilge - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom | ||
| underside, undersurface, bottom a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" | ||
| watercraft, vessel skill in the management of boats | ||
| bilge - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship | ||
| bilge water | ||
| h2o, water a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" | ||
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| bilge - take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged" | ||
| take in water | ||
| leak have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" | ||
| bilge - cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel" | ||
| damage inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bilge (Noun)
The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. - bilge (Noun)
The lowest inner part of a ship's hull. - bilge (Noun)
The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water . - bilge (Noun)
Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. - bilge (Noun)
The bulging part of a barrel or cask. - bilge (Verb)
To spring a leak in the bilge. - bilge (Verb)
To bulge or swell. - bilge (Verb)
To break open the bilges of.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bilge (n.)
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. - bilge (n.)
That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. - bilge (n.)
Bilge water. - bilge (v. i.)
To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge. - bilge (v. i.)
To bulge. - bilge (v. t.)
To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). - bilge (v. t.)
To cause to bulge.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bilge
The compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bilge
bilj, n. the bulging part of a cask: the broadest part of a ship's bottom.—v.i. to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge, as a ship.—ns. Bilge′-pump; Bilge′-wat′er.—adj. Bilg′y, having the appearance and disagreeable smell of bilge-water. [Most prob. conn. with Bulge.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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bilge
(supposed from bilik, Sax. a storm) that part of the floor of a ship, on either side of the keel, which approaches nearer to an horizontal than to a perpendicular direction, and on which the ship would rest if laid on the ground: or more particularly, those parts of the bottom which are opposite to the heads of the floor-timbers amidships on each side of the keel. Hence, when a ship receives a fracture in this place, she is said to be bilged.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bilge
That part of the floor in a ship--on either side of the keel--which approaches nearer to a horizontal than to a perpendicular direction, and begins to round upwards. It is where the floors and second futtocks unite, and upon which the ship would rest if laid on the ground; hence, when a ship receives a fracture in this part, she is said to be bilged or bulged.--Bilge is also the largest circumference of a cask, or that which extends round by the bung-hole.
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