ALL meanings of bilge
bilge
B b - countable noun bilge The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat. 3
- uncountable noun bilge If you say that something written or spoken is bilge, you mean that you think it is untrue or silly. 3
- noun bilge the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom 3
- noun bilge the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom 3
- noun bilge the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge 3
- noun bilge silly rubbish; nonsense 3
- noun bilge the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask 3
- verb bilge (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge 3
- verb bilge to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak 3
- noun bilge the bulge of a barrel or cask 3
- noun bilge the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull 3
- noun bilge the bottommost interior part of a ship 3
- noun bilge water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty 3
- noun bilge worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense 3
- verb transitive bilge to damage the bottom of (a ship) so that water enters 3
- intransitive verb bilge to suffer such damage 3
- noun bilge dirty or stagnant water 1
- noun bilge drivel: worthless talk 1
- noun bilge lowest part of ship's hull 1
- noun bilge Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges. 1
- noun bilge Slang. bilge water (def 2). 1
- noun bilge the widest circumference or belly of a cask. 1
- verb without object bilge Nautical. to leak in the bilge. (of white paint) to turn yellow. 1
- verb without object bilge to bulge or swell out. 1
- verb with object bilge Nautical. to damage (a hull bottom) so as to create an entry for seawater. 1
- noun bilge (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. 0
- noun bilge (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. 0
- noun bilge (Uncountable Noun) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water. 0
- noun bilge (Slang) NU Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. 0
- noun bilge The bulging part of a barrel or cask. 0
- verb bilge (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To spring a leak in the bilge. 0
- verb bilge (Intransitive Verb) To bulge or swell. 0
- verb bilge (Transitive Verb) (nautical) To break open the bilge(s) of. 0