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ALL meanings of bulge

bulge
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  • verb bulge If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out. 3
  • verb bulge If someone's eyes or veins are bulging, they seem to stick out a lot, often because the person is making a strong physical effort or is experiencing a strong emotion. 3
  • verb bulge If you say that something is bulging with things, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 3
  • countable noun bulge Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth. 3
  • countable noun bulge If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it. 3
  • noun bulge a swelling or an outward curve 3
  • noun bulge a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population 3
  • noun bulge the projecting part of an army's front line; salient 3
  • verb bulge to swell outwards 3
  • noun bulge an outward swelling; protuberance 3
  • noun bulge a projecting part, as a military salient 3
  • noun bulge a sudden increase in size, value, etc. 3
  • noun bulge advantage or margin of advantage 3
  • intransitive verb bulge to swell or bend outward; protrude or project 3
  • noun bulge Battle of the, the final major German counteroffensive in World War II, begun December 16, 1944, and thrusting deep into Allied territory in N and E Belgium: repulsed January 1945. 1
  • verb without object bulge to swell or bend outward; be protuberant. 1
  • verb without object bulge to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies. 1
  • verb with object bulge to make protuberant; cause to swell. 1
  • noun bulge sth sticking out 1
  • intransitive verb bulge swell, stick out 1
  • intransitive verb bulge be full 1
  • noun bulge increase 1
  • noun bulge Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure. 0
  • noun bulge The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 0
  • noun bulge (nautical) The bilge of a vessel. 0
  • noun bulge (Colloquial) The outline of a man's penis and testicles visible through clothing. 0
  • verb bulge (Intransitive Verb) To stick out from (a surface). 0
  • verb bulge (Intransitive Verb) To bilge, as a ship; to founder. 0
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