bulging

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.

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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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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.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bulging - curving or bulging outward convex protrusive - thrusting outward
	2.	bulging - curving outward       bellying, bulgy, protuberant, bulbous, bellied protrusive - thrusting outward

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Translations

prall

bulging

[ˈbʌldʒɪŋ] ADJ [pocket] → muy lleno; [suitcase] → que está para reventar; [eyes] → saltón

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/a
to 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.

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