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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.
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Bulges
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verb (used with object)
6.
to make protuberant; cause to swell.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English: bag, hump < Old French < Latin bulga bag < Celtic; compare Irish bolg bag
1200–50; Middle English: bag, hump < Old French < Latin bulga bag < Celtic; compare Irish bolg bag
Related forms
bulg·ing·ly, adverb
out·bulge, verb, -bulged, -bulg·ing.
Synonyms
4. protrude, project, stick out.
4. protrude, project, stick out.
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