Definitions for Bulge
bʌldʒbulge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescenceverb

   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"

2. bulge, pouch, protrudeverb

   swell or protrude outwards

   "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

3. bulge, bagverb

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

4. start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come outverb

   bulge outward

   "His eyes popped"

5. bulge, bulkverb

   cause to bulge or swell outwards

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bulgenoun

   Something sticking out from a surface.

2. bulgeverb

   To stick out from (a surface).

3. Etymology: From Latin bulga "leather bag". Cognates includes bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Bulgeverb

   Etymology: It was originally written bilge; bilge was the lower part of the ship, where it swelled out; from bilig, Sax. a bladder.

   1. To take in water; to founder.

   Thrice round the ship was tost,
   Then bulg’d at once, and in the deep was lost. Dryden.

   2. To jut out.

   The side, or part of the side of a wall, or any timber that bulges from its bottom or foundation, is said to batter, or hang over the foundation. Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bulge

   A bulge is a rounded or swollen part that protrudes from the surface or outline of something, often caused by pressure from within. It can also refer to an increase, boost, or rapid growth in a particular area, sector, or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bulgenoun

   the bilge or protuberant part of a cask

2. Bulgenoun

   a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall

3. Bulgenoun

   the bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2

4. Bulgeverb

   to swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges

5. Bulgeverb

   to bilge, as a ship; to founder

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Bulge

   In astronomy, a bulge is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger formation. The term almost exclusively refers to the central group of stars found in most spiral galaxies. Bulges were historically thought to be elliptical galaxies that happen to have a disk of stars around them, but high resolution images using the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that many bulges have properties that are more like spiral galaxies. It is now thought that there are at least two types of bulges, bulges that are like ellipticals and bulges that are like spiral galaxies.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bulge

   bulj, n. the widest part of a cask, a round protuberance, swelling.—v.i. to swell out.—ns. Bul′ger, a wooden golf-club with a convex face; Bul′giness.—adj. Bul′gy—To get the bulge on one (slang), to get a decided advantage over a person. [O. Fr. boulge, prob. L. bulga, a leather knapsack; a Gallic word.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bulge

   That part of the floor in a ship--on either side of the keel--which approaches nearer to a horizontal than to a perpendicular direction, and begins to round upwards. It is where the floors and second futtocks unite, and upon which the ship would rest if laid on the ground; hence, when a ship receives a fracture in this part, she is said to be bilged or bulged.--Bilge is also the largest circumference of a cask, or that which extends round by the bung-hole.

2. bulge

   (See BILGE.) That part of the ship she bears upon when on the ground.

Anagrams for Bulge »

1. bugle

How to pronounce Bulge?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bulge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bulge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Bulge in a Sentence

1. Seth Merrin:

   It's been the realm of the big bulge brackets and they've made so much money that they've crowded everybody else out of the market.

2. Silas Everett:

   Given the big youth bulge, moves to restrict, censor or overtly monitor social media users in Cambodia are likely to be received by the public as a step backwards, that understanding (is) reflected in the government's announcement that the cyber-crimes law has been shelved.

3. Ted Deutch:

   After serving the public for more than 15 years, I have decided I will not seek re-election this November, public service was instilled in me by my father who earned a Purple Heart in the Battle of the Bulge, and it has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Congress since 2010. I am incredibly grateful to my constituents for their support and friendship.

4. Researcher Ciara Aucoin:

   That combination of poverty, youth bulge, and unemployment leads to this powderkeg...in terms of drugs and violence.

5. Jeffrey Nassof:

   The boutiques are building scale and winning talent from the bulge-bracket, and they're not constrained in what they can execute.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Bulge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bulge
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Bulge
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bulge
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Bulge
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Bulge
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Bulge