bulging
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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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| Adj. | 1. | bulging - curving or bulging outward protrusive - thrusting outward |
| 2. |  bulging - curving outward protrusive - thrusting outward |
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Translations
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
bulging
adj stomach → prall, vorstehend; pockets, suitcase → prall gefüllt, gestopft voll (inf); bulging muscles → Muskelpakete pl; bulging eyes → Glotzaugen pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bulging
[ˈbʌldʒɪŋ] adj (see vi) → sporgente, gonfio/ato be bulging with → essere pieno/a or zeppo/a di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bulging
n. protuberancia;
___ abdomen → abdomen prominente, vientre abombado;
___ eyes → ojos saltones.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012