Bulge

What do we mean by bulge?

A protruding part; an outward curve or swelling. noun

A bilge. noun

A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity. noun

To swell, protrude, or curve outward. intransitive verb

To cause to bulge. intransitive verb

A rounded protuberance; a swelling; a swell; a hump. noun

The swirl made by a salmon rising to the surface. noun

To swell out; be protuberant.

To bilge, as a ship.

A rapid rise in price, of stock, grain, cotton, or the like, followed by an equally rapid fall, owing to some temporary causes. The name has reference to the curve in a diagram of prices. noun

To cause to swell out and become protuberant.

To bilge or stave in the bottom of, as a ship.

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. noun

A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure. noun

The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. noun

See Bilge ways. noun

To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant. intransitive verb

To bilge, as a ship; to founder. intransitive verb

Something sticking out from a surface. noun

To stick out from (a surface). verb

Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

The bilge of a vessel.

The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.

A sudden rise in value or quantity.

Words that are spelled similarly to bulge:
bulge, budge, bilge, gulge, bunge, bulgy, burge, bulse, bulle, bule, belge, bulg, buege, balge, bulbe, bugge.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bulge:
ardennes, marshalling, rhine, bracket, airborne, bridgehead, rim, galaxies, mons, outwards, capitulation, galactic, milky, equator, panzer, galaxy, spiral, radius, assault, varsity, outward, allied, gravitational, crater, eisenhower, armored, disk, platoon, flew, hood, loops, polar, supplies, antwerp, belgium, bridges, nucleus, offensive, purple, reconnaissance, torpedo, advancing, allies, inner, infantry, citation, luxembourg, combat, rotation, releasing, attacking, pocket, sergeant, battalion, missions, enemy, nose, tank, volcanic, orbit, ammunition, battle, tanks, armies, crossing, operation, airfield, casualties, december, push, hull, across, advance, axis, german, outer, firms, interior, diameter, star, squadron, korean, wall, fought, loop, wider, bronze, liberation, accommodate, hole, communications, ridge, division, germany, stars, unit, rear, wounded, slightly, troops.

Words that rhyme with bulge:
indulge, divulge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bulge:
slight, equatorial, large, central, small, tidal, prominent, big, huge, galactic, nuclear, distinct, western, demographic, hard, precordial, pronounced, noticeable, soft, visible, outward, posterior, rounded, lateral, upward, characteristic, telltale, eastern, shaped, obvious, anterior, smooth, peripheral, suspicious, round, unsightly, like, focal, brazilian, conspicuous, enormous, temporary, tiny, thick, abnormal, diffuse, greatest, left, postwar, sudden, downward, marked, broad, corresponding, cervical, definite, war, fat, inward, maximum, forward, diurnal, ominous, west, massive, abdominal, medial, familiar, circular, unusual, smaller, vaginal, occipital, extra, african, systolic, spherical, double.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bulge:
disk, bracket, eye, out, test, ratio, type, basin, water, tests, cheeked, figure, sources, loops, share, cells, clasps, stars, specified, bar, hood.

Consonant match to bulge:
bilge.

Words that sound like bulge:
bulge, belch, budge, bul, bely, bulged, bulgy, -ble, balch, byl, balai, bolch, bhel, blj, bilge, belg, bell, below, bill, belly, billy, bella, belle, bellow, belie, billow, bel, billie, belo, bil, beli, bello, belay, bela, billa, bily, billi, belli, bidge, belley, bele, belge, billo, bellah, behl, bihl, billage, belee, belleau, bellay, belah, belgia, bilgy, belgie, bulg, balg, ball, badge, bail, ballet, bailey, bawl, bale, bali, bal, balla, bally, bage, baily, bala, baylee, balle, baal, bailee, baloo, ballo, bals, baley, baile, balli, ballou, bailie, baila, baillie, baj, bayle, baul, balu, balo, ballow, balay, bahl, balh, bailly, balogh, baille, bauge, baali, bawley, balah.