Definition of 'bulge'

Noun

1. 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"
      Synonyms: bump hump gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence

Verb

1. swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
      Synonyms: pouch protrude
2. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
      Synonyms: bag
3. bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
      Synonyms: start protrude pop pop out bulge out bug out come out
4. cause to bulge or swell outwards
      Synonyms: bulk

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