bulge

bulge has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
• n.. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
• n.. The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
• v. i.. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
• v. i.. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
• 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"
• v.. cause to bulge or swell outwards
• v.. swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
• v.. bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
• v.. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge