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Bulge
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- 1 An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
"a bulge in a wall"
- 2 something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
- 3 The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- 4 A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
- 5 The bilge of a vessel.
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- 6 The outline of the penis visible through clothing. colloquial
"Max looked down and sure as crap, his bulge was huge, and he started to stammer and stutter and without hesitation said, Holy crap Sandy, look at what you do to me."
- 7 A sudden rise in value or quantity. figuratively
"A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline."
- 1 To stick out from a surface without breaking it. intransitive
"He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt."
- 2 cause to bulge or swell outwards wordnet
- 3 (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly. intransitive
"The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside."
- 4 swell or protrude outwards wordnet
- 5 To bilge, as a ship; to founder. intransitive
"Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars, And scattered navies bulge on distant shores."
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- 6 bulge outward wordnet
- 7 bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.
From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.
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