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bulge
(bŭlj)n.
1. A protruding part; an outward curve or swelling.
2. Nautical A bilge.
3. A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity: The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment.
v. bulged, bulg·ing, bulg·es
v.intr.
To swell, protrude, or curve outward: a wall bulging after a flood; muscles bulging under a shirt.
v.tr.
To cause to bulge.
[Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]
bulg′i·ness n.
bulg′y adj.
Synonyms: bulge, balloon, belly, jut, project, protrude
These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; a clown's pants that ballooned at the waist; a sail bellying in the wind; a boulder jutting from the hillside; a deck that projected from the house in back; eyes protruding from their sockets in astonishment.
These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; a clown's pants that ballooned at the waist; a sail bellying in the wind; a boulder jutting from the hillside; a deck that projected from the house in back; eyes protruding from their sockets in astonishment.
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bulge
(bʌldʒ)n
1. (Sociology) a swelling or an outward curve
2. a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population
3. Brit another name for baby boom
4. (Military) Brit the projecting part of an army's front line; salient
vb
to swell outwards
[C13: from Old French bouge, from Latin bulga bag, probably of Gaulish origin]
ˈbulging adj
ˈbulgingly adv
ˈbulgy adj
ˈbulginess n
Bulge
(bʌldʒ)n
(Historical Terms) Battle of the Bulge (in World War II) the final major German counteroffensive in 1944 when the Allied forces were pushed back into NE Belgium; the Germans were repulsed by Jan 1945
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bulge
(bʌldʒ)n., v. bulged, bulg•ing. n.
1. a rounded projection or protruding part, often the result of internal pressure; protuberance.
2. a sudden increase, as in numbers or volume.
v.i. 3. to swell or bend outward; protrude.
4. to be filled to capacity.
v.t. 5. to make protuberant; cause to swell.
[1200–50; Middle English: bag, hump < Old French < Latin bulga bag < Celtic; compare Irish bolg bag]
bulg′ing•ly, adv.
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bulge
Past participle: bulged
Gerund: bulging
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| Noun | 1. |  bulge - 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"excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| Verb | 1. | bulge - swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" bulk - stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" |
| 2. |  bulge - bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulgejut, jut out, protrude, stick out, project - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" protuberate - form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated" | |
| 3. | bulge - bulge outward; "His eyes popped" | |
| 4. | bulge - cause to bulge or swell outwards swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" |
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bulge
verb
1. swell out, project, expand, swell, stand out, stick out, protrude, puff out, distend, bag He bulges out of his black T-shirt.
3. overflow, be full, be packed, be stuffed, be crammed, burst at the seams, brim over, be full to bursting, be fit to burst They returned home with the car bulging with boxes.
noun
1. lump, swelling, bump, projection, hump, protuberance, protrusion Why won't those bulges on your hips and thighs go?
lump hole, bowl, depression, pit, cave, hollow, dent, crater, trough, cavity, ding (Austral. dated & N.Z. informal), indentation, concavity
lump hole, bowl, depression, pit, cave, hollow, dent, crater, trough, cavity, ding (Austral. dated & N.Z. informal), indentation, concavity
2. increase, rise, boost, surge, intensification a bulge in aircraft sales
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bulge
noun1. A part that protrudes or extends outward:
2. A dominating position, as in a conflict:
Informal: inside track, jump.
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Translations
نُتوء، انتِفاخيَنْتَفِخُ، يَنْتُؤُ
bouleoblinavyboulit sevýčnělekvypouklina
bulesvulme
kiduzzad
búlga, bunga útbunga
išgaubtumasiškilumasišsišauti
izliektiesizliekumsizspiesties
oblinavyduť savypučiť savypuklina
bočiti seizboklina
bulge
[bʌldʒ]A. N
1. (in surface, of curve) → abombamiento m, protuberancia f; (in pocket) → bulto m
2. (in birth rate, sales) → alza f, aumento m
the postwar bulge in the birth rate → la explosión demográfica de la posguerra
the postwar bulge in the birth rate → la explosión demográfica de la posguerra
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bulge
[ˈbʌldʒ] n
vi
[stomach] → faire saillie, présenter un renflement
His eyes bulge like a toad's
BUT Il a les yeux exorbités comme ceux d'un crapaud.
His eyes bulge like a toad's
BUT Il a les yeux exorbités comme ceux d'un crapaud.
to be bulging with (= stuffed with) → être plein(e) à craquer de
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bulge
n
(in surface) → Wölbung f; (irregular) → Unebenheit f; (in jug, glass etc also) → Bauch m; (in plaster, metal: accidental) → Beule f; (in line) → Bogen m; (in tyre) → Wulst m; the Battle of the Bulge → die Ardennenoffensive; what’s that bulge in your pocket? → was steht denn in deiner Tasche so vor?
(in birth rate etc) → Zunahme f, → Anschwellen nt (→ in +gen); the post-war bulge → der Babyboom der Nachkriegsjahre
vi
(also bulge out, = swell) → (an)schwellen; (metal, sides of box) → sich wölben; (plaster) → uneben sein; (= stick out) → vorstehen; his eyes were bulging out of his head (lit) → die Augen traten ihm aus dem Kopf; (fig) → er bekam Stielaugen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bulge
[bʌldʒ]1. n
b. (in birth rate, sales) → punta, rapido aumento
the postwar bulge → l'esplosione demografica del dopoguerra
the postwar bulge → l'esplosione demografica del dopoguerra
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bulge
(baldʒ) noun a swelling. the bulge of her hips.
verb to swell out. His muscles bulged.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bulge
n. hinchazón, protuberancia.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bulge
n abultamiento, protuberancia; vi (también to — out) abultar; so that it doesn’t bulge (out)..para que no abulte; bulging disc disco abultado; bulging fontanelle fontanela abultadaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.