bulge

bulge is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. noun. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. noun. The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
4. intransitive verb. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
5. intransitive verb. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
6. 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"

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

7. verb. cause to bulge or swell outwards

   Synonyms: bulk

8. verb. swell or protrude outwards

   "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

   Synonyms: pouch, protrude

9. verb. bulge outward

   "His eyes popped"

   Synonyms: pop, protrude, start

10. verb. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

    Synonyms: bag

Synonyms

bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bulk, pouch, protrude, pop, start, bag

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bulge:

bugle

Common word forms

bulged, bulger, bulges, bulging

Words from these letters

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