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bulge (b

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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.

4. An advantage.

v. bulged, bulg·ing, bulg·es

v.tr.

To cause to curve outward.

v.intr.

1. To curve outward.

2. To swell up.

3. To stick out; protrude.

4. To be filled or overfilled: pockets bulging with coins.

[Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

bulgi·ness n.

bulgy adj.

Synonyms: bulge, balloon, belly, jut, overhang, project, protrude
These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; expenses ballooning; a sail bellying in the wind; a pipe jutting from his mouth; overhanging eaves; projecting teeth; a head protruding from the window.

bulge [bʌldʒ]

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

to swell outwards

[from Old French bouge, from Latin bulga bag, probably of Gaulish origin]

bulging adj

bulgingly adv

bulgy adj

bulginess n

Bulge [bʌldʒ]

(Historical Terms) Battle of the. (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

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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 nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance 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" pouch, protrude change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form 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 bulge bag jut, 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" pop, bug out, bulge out, pop out, protrude, come out, start change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
	4.	bulge - cause to bulge or swell outwards bulk swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"

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.

2. stick out, project, stand out, protrude His eyes seemed to bulge like those of a toad.

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

2. increase, rise, boost, surge, intensification a bulge in aircraft sales

Translations

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

B. VI [pocket etc] → estar abultado; [eyes] → saltarse
his pockets bulged with apples → iba con los bolsillos repletos de manzanas
their eyes bulged at the sight → se les saltaron los ojos al verlo

bulge [ˈbʌldʒ]

(= lump) → renflement m, gonflement m
bulges (on hips, thighs) → rondeurs fpl

(in birth rate, sales) → brusque augmentation f
population bulge → explosion f démographique

[stomach] → faire saillie, présenter un renflement
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

bulge

(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

(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)

(pocket, sack) → prall gefüllt sein, gestopft voll sein (inf) → (with mit); (cheek) → voll sein (with mit); his notebooks were absolutely bulging with ideas → seine Notizbücher waren berstend or zum Bersten voll mit Ideen

bulge [bʌldʒ]

1. n

a. (in surface) → rigonfiamento; (in plaster, metal) → bolla; (curve, of thighs, hips) → curva

b. (in birth rate, sales) → punta, rapido aumento
the postwar bulge → l'esplosione demografica del dopoguerra

2. vi (stomach, muscles) → sporgere; (pocket) to bulge (with) → essere gonfio/a (di)

bulge [bʌldʒ]

1. n

a. (in surface) → rigonfiamento; (in plaster, metal) → bolla; (curve, of thighs, hips) → curva

b. (in birth rate, sales) → punta, rapido aumento
the postwar bulge → l'esplosione demografica del dopoguerra

2. vi (stomach, muscles) → sporgere; (pocket) to bulge (with) → essere gonfio/a (di)

bulge

n bulge [baldʒ]

a swelling the bulge of her hips. ronding نُتوء، انتِفاخ изпъкналост vypouklina, oblina bule die Rundung, die Anschwellung εξόγκωμα, φούσκωμα protuberancia (väljaulatuv) kumerus برآمدگی pullistuma renflement לִתְפוֹח उभार izbočina duzzanat bengkak, tonjolan rigonfiamento, protuberanza ふくらみ 볼록함 iškilumas, išgaubtumas izliekums bonjol uitstulping bule, utbuing wybrzuszenie volume umflătură выпуклость vypuklina; oblina nabreklost ispupčenje utbuktning, rundning ส่วนที่นูน şiş(kinlik), çıkıntı 腫脹 випуклість گول ابھار ، سوجن chỗ phồng; chỗ sưng 肿胀

to swell out His muscles bulged. uitbult يَنْتَفِخُ، يَنْتُؤُ издувам се vyboulit se svulme hervortreten φουσκώνω, διογκώνω hincharse paisuma برآمده شدن pullistua gonfler לִבלוֹט הָחוּצָה उभरना, निकल आना izbočiti se kiduzzad menggembung, menonjol gonfiarsi ふくらむ 부풀어 오르다 iškilti, išsišauti izspiesties; izliekties membonjol opzwellen bule ut, ese, svulme wybrzuszać się avolumar-se a se umfla выпирать vyduť sa, vypučiť sa nabrekniti oteći svälla (puta) ut นูน şiş(ir)mek, şişkinlik/çıkıntı yapmak 鼓起 випинатися ابھرنا ، باہر کو نکلنا phồng lên; sưng lên 膨胀

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