bulge
21bulge — [[t]bʌ̱lʤ[/t]] bulges, bulging, bulged 1) VERB If something such as a person s stomach bulges, it sticks out. Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended... [V adv/prep] He bulges out of his black T shirt... [V ing] He is 6ft 3ins with… …
22bulge — [13] Etymologically, bulge and budget are the same word, and indeed when English first acquired bulge it was as a noun, with, like budget, the sense ‘pouch’. It came from Old French bouge ‘leather bag’, a descendant of Latin bulga, which may have …
23bulge — 1 noun (C) 1 a curved mass on the surface of something, usually caused by something under or inside it: The wallet made a fat bulge in his pocket. 2 a sudden temporary increase in the amount or level of something: a bulge in the birthrate bulgy… …
24bulge — bulgingly, adv. /bulj/, n., v., bulged, bulging. n. 1. a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall. 2. any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits. 3. a rising in small… …
25bulge — n. & v. n. 1 a a convex part of an otherwise flat or flatter surface. b an irregular swelling; a lump. 2 colloq. a temporary increase in quantity or number (baby bulge). 3 Naut. the bilge of a ship. 4 Mil. a salient. v. 1 intr. swell outwards. 2… …
26bulge — I. verb (bulged; bulging) Etymology: Middle English bolgen Date: 15th century transitive verb to cause to bulge intransitive verb 1. archaic bilge 2. a. to jut out …
27bulge — 1. noun Something sticking out from a surface. The trees roots made the bricks bulge . 2. verb To stick out from (a surface). The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside …
28bulge — Informal term used by some lenders to describe a provision in a line of credit promissory note that allows for a temporary increase in the maximum amount that can be borrowed under the line of credit. A bulge is particularly suited to loans to… …
29bulge — verb Bulge is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑belly, ↑eye, ↑muscle, ↑pocket, ↑vein …
30bulge — v. (D; intr.) to bulge with (her suitcase was bulging with presents) * * * [bʌldʒ] (D;intr.) to bulgewith (her suitcase was bulgeing with presents) …
