Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bulge"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bulge \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to
swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bulge
n : something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness},
{jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion},
{excrescence}]
v 1: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
[syn: {pouch}, {protrude}]
2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear
to bulge [syn: {bag}]
3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {protrude}, {pop}, {pop
out}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}]
4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulk}]
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