bulge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bulge	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bulge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulge n 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" Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence v swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" Synonym(s): bulge, pouch, protrude bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge Synonym(s): bulge, bag bulge outward; "His eyes popped" Synonym(s): start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out cause to bulge or swell outwards Synonym(s): bulge, bulk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulge \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[d3]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b[?]h 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.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2. {Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulge \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.