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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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Bulging
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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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| bulge (bʌldʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a swelling or an outward curve |
| 2. | a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population |
| 3. | (Brit) another name for baby boom |
| 4. | (Brit) the projecting part of an army's front line; salient |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to swell outwards |
| [C13: from Old French bouge, from Latin bulga bag, probably of Gaulish origin] | |
| 'bulging | |
| —adj | |
| 'bulgingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'bulgy | |
| —adj | |
| 'bulginess | |
| —n | |
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