Definition of bulge

Overview of noun bulge

The noun bulge has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

(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")

Overview of verb bulge

The verb bulge has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) bulge, pouch, protrude

(swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")

2. bulge, bag

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

3. start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out

(bulge outward; "His eyes popped")

4. bulge, bulk

(cause to bulge or swell outwards)