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English Dictionary: bulging by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulging
adj
  1. curving or bulging outward
    Synonym(s): convex, bulging
    Antonym(s): concave
  2. curving outward
    Synonym(s): bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
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.
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