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Verb
/bəlj/,
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bulges, plural;
  1. Swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent
    • - the veins in his neck bulged
    • - he stared with bulging eyes
  2. Be full of and distended with
    • - a briefcase bulging with documents
Noun
  1. A rounded swelling or protuberance that distorts a flat surface

  2. (esp. in a military context) A piece of land that projects outward from an otherwise regular line
    • - the advance created an eastward-facing bulge in the line
  3. A temporary unusual increase in number or size
    • - a bulge in the birth rate
  1. (bulge) 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"
  2. (bulge) swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
  3. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
  4. cause to bulge or swell outwards
  5. (bulging) convex: curving or bulging outward
  6. (Bulge (astronomy)) In astronomy, a bulge is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger formation. The term almost exclusively refers to the central group of stars found in most spiral galaxies. ...
  7. (Bulge (equator)) An equatorial bulge is a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid. The Earth has an equatorial bulge of 42.72 km (26.5 miles) due to its rotation: its diameter measured across the equatorial plane (12756.28 km, 7,927 miles) is 42. ...
  8. (The Bulge) The Bulge is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. The Bulge is flanked to the northeast by The Horn, and to the southwest by Mount Cabot.
  9. (bulge) Something sticking out from a surface; To stick out from (a surface)
  10. (Bulge) having the advantage
  11. (Bulge) The curve from heel to toe of a wood’s clubface.
  12. The bulge of a spiral galaxy is the central concentration of stars.
  13. (BULGE) A small rounded overhang.
  14. (BULGE) A protrusion of the skin, where the skin is pushed outward by muscle, or by skin being stretched over the eyeball or bone.
  15. (BULGE. (See BILGE)) Stowed in bulk, is when goods are stowed loose, instead of being stowed in casks or bags. (See BREAK BULK.)
  16. (Bulge) A lump or a bump in the hoof that protrudes from the normal angle.
  17. (Bulge) A rapid advance in prices.
  18. (Bulge) Acceptable section repair in a radial tire not to exceed 3/8" (9.6mm) in height. This "bulge" may be identified by a blue triangular label.
  19. (Bulge) An alternate name for bulb.
  20. (Bulge) Elliptical or spheroidal component of Disk galaxies, with most properties of elliptical galaxies: Consisted basically of old stars (Population II) filling an ellipsoidal volume. It is sometimes thought to be divided in a central galactic nucleus and an outer galactic halo.
  21. (Bulge) Measurement for the geometry of an arc segment in a polyline. The bulge is the tangent of 1/4 the included angle for an arc segment, made negative if the arc goes clockwise from the start point to the endpoint; a bulge of 0 indicates a straight segment, and a bulge of 1 is a semicircle. ...
  22. (Bulge) The horizontal measurement from heel to toe
  23. (Bulge) a point midway up the hair follicle which researchers suspect must be damaged to induce permanent hair removal
  24. (bulge) (verb) -- to swell; to grow larger
  25. (bulge) I think you know what a bulge is. A bulge is most likely to be a soft form with continuous border where it meets the base feature. Remember it is the base surface that is bulging out rather than a discrete protrusion that is being added on.