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bulge::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pouch, protrude |
| Type of | deform, change shape, change form |
| Has types | bulk |
His stomach bulged after the huge meal.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bug out, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start |
| Type of | change form, change shape, deform |
bulge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| Type of | projection |
| Has types | belly, caput, frontal eminence, mogul, nub, nubble, occipital protuberance, snag, wart |
| Derivation | bulgy |
the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge.
Examples of bulge
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Fronts were lumpy due to too much lumbar bulge and no adjustment to minimize it.
From the usatoday.com
Here clothes are fashioned to make the very best of every curve, bump and bulge.
From the newscientist.com
Since then, his skills have remained unchanged while his ERA has begun to bulge.
From the usatoday.com
The recent rise in births has more to do with a bulge in the younger population.
From the forbes.com
Berry Academy's defense also was a factor in the Cardinals'37-15 halftime bulge.
From the charlotteobserver.com
One of Ella's eyes wasn't tracking properly, and soon after it started to bulge.
From the us.cnn.com
Front-seat backrests feel lumpy, regardless of how the lumbar bulge is adjusted.
From the usatoday.com
For one thing they rumble and start to bulge as molten rock rises up from below.
From the newscientist.com
Other than a late Beau Beeson free throw, the bulge was regained by Rose layups.
From the stltoday.com
- 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"
- Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
- Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- Cause to bulge or swell outwards
- (bulging) convex: curving or bulging outward
- 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. ...
- An equatorial bulge is a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid. The Earth has an equatorial bulge of 42.72 km (26.5 miles) due to its rotation: its diameter measured across the equatorial plane (12756.28 km, 7,927 miles) is 42. ...
- The Bulge is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. The Bulge is flanked to the northeast by The Horn, and to the southwest by Mount Cabot.
- Something sticking out from a surface; To stick out from (a surface)
