Definition of bulge Bulge
/bʌˈlʤ/ - [bulj] - Bulge
We found 18 definitions of bulge from 7 different sources.
Advertising
What does bulge mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bulges |
||
| bulge - 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" | ||
| bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | ||
| projection any structure that branches out from a central support | ||
| frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit | ||
| occipital protuberance prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone | ||
| belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
| caput a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" | ||
| mogul a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857 | ||
| nubble, nub a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" | ||
| snag a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" | ||
Verb |
||
| bulge - swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" | ||
| pouch, protrude | ||
| change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form | ||
| bulk stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" | ||
| bulge - cause to bulge or swell outwards | ||
| bulk | ||
| pouch, protrude, bulge send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels | ||
| swell expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | ||
| bulge - bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge | ||
| bag | ||
| jut, jut out, protrude, stick out, project extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" | ||
| protuberate form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated" | ||
| bulge - bulge outward; "His eyes popped" | ||
| start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge out, bug out, come out | ||
| change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bulge (n.)
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. - bulge (n.)
A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall. - bulge (n.)
The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. - bulge (v. i.)
To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. - bulge (v. i.)
To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
bulge
To stick out from (a surface).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
bulge
bulj, n. the widest part of a cask, a round protuberance, swelling.—v.i. to swell out.—ns. Bul′ger, a wooden golf-club with a convex face; Bul′giness.—adj. Bul′gy—To get the bulge on one (slang), to get a decided advantage over a person. [O. Fr. boulge, prob. L. bulga, a leather knapsack; a Gallic word.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
-
bulge
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. -
bulge
(See BILGE.) That part of the ship she bears upon when on the ground.
Part of speech
🔤Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Your last searches
Last searches
Advertising
Jump to
Advertising