bulge
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| 1. | a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall. |
| 2. | any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits. |
| 3. | a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater. |
| 4. | to swell or bend outward; be protuberant. |
| 5. | to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies. |
| 6. | to make protuberant; cause to swell. |
[Origin: 1200–50; ME: bag, hump < OF < L bulga bag < Celt; cf. Ir bolg bag
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bulg·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 4. protrude, project, stick out.
—Pronunciation note See bulk1.
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| Battle of the, the final major German counteroffensive in World War II, begun December 16, 1944, and thrusting deep into Allied territory in N and E Belgium: repulsed January 1945. |
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v. bulged, bulg·ing, bulg·es v. tr. To cause to curve outward. v. intr.
[Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.] bulg'i·ness n., bulg'y adj. Synonyms: These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; expenses ballooning; a sail bellying in the wind; a pipe jutting from his mouth; overhanging eaves; projecting teeth; a head protruding from the window. |
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bulge (n.)
c.1230, from O.Fr. bouge "leather bag" (see budget). Sense of "swelling" is first recorded 1623. The verb is first recorded 1677. Bilge (q.v.) may be a nautical variant.
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| 1. | 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" |
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| 1. | swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" |
| 2. | bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge |
| 3. | bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start] |
| 4. | cause to bulge or swell outwards |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
bulge [baldʒ] noun
a swelling
Example: the bulge of her hips
bulge [baldʒ] verbExample: the bulge of her hips
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to swell out
Example: His muscles bulged.
Example: His muscles bulged.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Bulge
Bile\, n. [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b?le, b?l; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a tumor, Bulge.] A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Bulge
Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. Belly, Bulge.]1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. 2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. 3. Bilge water. Bilge free (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. Bilge pump, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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