bulge

A tent with a bulge in the side

English

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Etymology

From Latin bulga "leather bag". Cognates includes bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc.

Noun

bulge (plural bulges)

1. Something sticking out from a surface.

See also

• bulge bracket

Translations

Something sticking out

Albanian: gufim (sq) m. Bulgarian: издатина (bg) f., изпъкналост (bg) f. Czech: boule (cs) f., výčnělek (cs) m., výstupek (cs) m. Dutch: bult (nl) m. Finnish: pullistuma, kohouma French: protubérance (fr) f., bosse (fr) f., bombement (fr) m. German: Ausbuchtung, Beule, Delle, Wölbung Hungarian: dudor (hu), kitüremkedés (hu)

Italian: sporgenza (it) f., protuberanza (it) f., rigonfiamento (it) m. Japanese: 出っ張り (でっぱり, deppari) Korean: 부루퉁이 (burutungI), 뾰루지 (ppyoruji), 혹 (hog, hok) Latin: protuberantia (la) f. Portuguese: protuberância (pt), saliência (pt) Russian: выступ (ru) m., выпуклость (ru) f. Spanish: bulto m., abultamiento m., protuberancia (es) f.

Verb

bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)

1. To stick out from (a surface).

   The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.

   He stood 6ft 3ins tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black t-shirt.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out; and a silver streak showed in the looking-glass.

See also

• bulge out

Translations

To stick out from

Albanian: gufohem (sq) Bulgarian: изпъквам (bg), издувам се (bg) Finnish: pullottaa (fi) French: bomber (fr), déformer (fr) Hebrew: בליטה (blita)

Hungarian: kidudorodik (hu), kitüremkedik (hu) Korean: 부르다 (bureuda), 불거지다 (bulgeojida) Latin: prominere (la) Russian: выдаваться (ru) Spanish: abultar (es)

Anagrams

• bugle