bulginess

bulge  (blj)

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.

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.

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bulginess - the property possessed by a rounded convexity roundedness convexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shape ellipticity, oblateness - the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet"