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Definition of 'bilge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bilge
either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.

2.  bilge
Also, bilges. an enclosed area at the bottom of a vessel where seepage collects.

3.  bilge
Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.

4.  bilge
Slang. foolish or worthless talk or ideas; nonsense.

5.  bilge
the widest circumference or belly of a cask.

6. (v.i.) bilge
to leak in the bilge.

Etymology: (1505–15; perh. alter. of bulge)

Definition of 'bilge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bilge, bilge water
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

2. (verb) bilge
where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

3. (verb) bilge
cause to leak
"the collision bilged the vessel"

4. (verb) bilge, take in water
take in water at the bilge
"the tanker bilged"

Definition of 'bilge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bilge
the protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle

2. (noun) bilge
that part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground

3. (noun) bilge
bilge water

4. (verb) bilge
to suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge

5. (verb) bilge
to bulge

6. (verb) bilge
to fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)

7. (verb) bilge
to cause to bulge

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