BULGE

bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

(noun) 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”

bulge, bulk

(verb) cause to bulge or swell outwards

bulge, pouch, protrude

(verb) swell or protrude outwards; “His stomach bulged after the huge meal”

start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out

(verb) bulge outward; “His eyes popped”

bulge, bag

(verb) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bulge (plural bulges)

Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.

(colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.

(figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.

Verb

bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)

(intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).

(intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

Anagrams

• bugle

Source: Wiktionary

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Bulge, n. Etym: [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. bolginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. Bilge, Belly, Billow, Bouge, n.]

1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.

Bulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulged (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bulging.]

1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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