Definitions for bulge

Definitions for (noun) bulge

Main entry: protrusion, protuberance, prominence, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, excrescence, extrusion, bulge, bump, swelling

Definition: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Usage: 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


Definitions for (verb) bulge

Main entry: bulge, bulk

Definition: cause to bulge or swell outwards


Main entry: bulge, pouch, protrude

Definition: swell or protrude outwards

Usage: His stomach bulged after the huge meal


Main entry: pop, pop out, protrude, start, bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out

Definition: bulge outward

Usage: His eyes popped


Main entry: bulge, bag

Definition: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge


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