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–noun

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.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to swell or bend outward; be protuberant.

5.	to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to make protuberant; cause to swell.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME: bag, hump < OF < L bulga bag < Celt; cf. Ir bolg bag

]

—Related forms

bulg·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 4. protrude, project, stick out.

—Pronunciation note See bulk¹.

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–noun

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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bulge Audio Help (bŭlj) Pronunciation Key
n.

A protruding part; an outward curve or swelling.
Nautical A bilge.
A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity: The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment.
An advantage.

v.   bulged, bulg·ing, bulg·es

v.   tr.
To cause to curve outward.

v.   intr.

To curve outward.
To swell up.
To stick out; protrude.
To be filled or overfilled: pockets bulging with coins.

[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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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bulge
noun
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"
verb
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

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bulge [baldʒ] noun

a swelling
Example: the bulge of her hips

Arabic:	نُتوء، انتِفاخ
Chinese (Simplified):	肿胀
Chinese (Traditional):	腫脹
Czech:	vypouklina, oblina
Danish:	bule
Dutch:	uitstulping
Estonian:	(väljaulatuv) kumerus
Finnish:	pullistuma
French:	renflement
German:	die Rundung, die Anschwellung
Greek:	εξόγκωμα, φούσκωμα
Hungarian:	duzzanat
Indonesian:	bengkak, tonjolan
Italian:	rigonfiamento, protuberanza
Japanese:	ふくらみ

Korean:	불룩한 부분
Latvian:	izliekums
Lithuanian:	iškilumas, išgaubtumas
Norwegian:	bule, utbuing
Polish:	wybrzuszenie
Portuguese (Brazil):	protuberância
Portuguese (Portugal):	volume
Romanian:	umflătură
Russian:	выпуклость
Slovak:	vypuklina; oblina
Slovenian:	nabreklost
Spanish:	protuberancia
Swedish:	utbuktning, rundning
Turkish:	şiş(kinlik), çıkıntı

bulge [baldʒ] verb

to swell out
Example: His muscles bulged.

Arabic:	يَنْتَفِخُ، يَنْتُؤُ
Chinese (Simplified):	膨胀
Chinese (Traditional):	膨脹
Czech:	vyboulit se
Danish:	svulme
Dutch:	opzwellen
Estonian:	paisuma
Finnish:	pullistella
French:	gonfler
German:	hervortreten
Greek:	φουσκώνω, διογκώνω
Hungarian:	kiduzzad
Indonesian:	menggembung, menonjol
Italian:	gonfiarsi
Japanese:	ふくらむ

Korean:	佯念完蠻測Ù
Latvian:	izspiesties; izliekties
Lithuanian:	iškilti, išsišauti
Norwegian:	bule ut, ese, svulme
Polish:	wybrzuszać się
Portuguese (Brazil):	abaular
Portuguese (Portugal):	avolumar-se
Romanian:	a se umfla
Russian:	выпирать
Slovak:	vyduť sa, vypučiť sa
Slovenian:	nabrekniti
Spanish:	hincharse
Swedish:	svälla (puta) ut
Turkish:	şiş(ir)mek, şişkinlik, *çıkıntı yapmak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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]

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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.

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