Bulge

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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     2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when
        caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
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     3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.
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     {Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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              And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
                                                    --Broome.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bulge
       n : something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
           a form [syn: {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness},
           {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion},
            {excrescence}]
       v 1: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
            [syn: {pouch}, {protrude}]
       2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear
          to bulge [syn: {bag}]
       3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {protrude}, {pop}, {pop
          out}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}]
       4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "bulge":
     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