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bulge

/b/@/l/dZ/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

    noun.shape

    Examples
    The gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge.
    Synonyms bump excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut prominence protrusion protuberance swelling

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. swell or protrude outwards

    verb.change

    Examples
    His stomach bulged after the huge meal.
    Synonyms pouch protrude

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

    verb.stative

    Synonyms bag

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. bulge outward

    verb.motion

    Synonyms bug out bulge out come out pop pop out protrude start

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. cause to bulge or swell outwards

    verb.change

    Synonyms bulk

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall <i>bulges</i>.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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