bulge
noun
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
Similar word(s): bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
Definition categories: shape, projection
Sentences with bulge as a noun:
- a bulge in a wall
- a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet
verb
1. swell or protrude outwards
- His stomach bulged after the huge meal
Similar word(s): pouch, protrude
Definition categories: change, deform
2. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
Similar word(s): bag
Definition categories: stative, jut, project, protrude
3. bulge outward
Similar word(s): pop, protrude, start
Definition categories: motion, deform
4. cause to bulge or swell outwards
Similar word(s): bulk
Definition categories: change, swell
Sentences with bulge as a verb:
- The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.