Bulge
Meaning of Bulge
noun
- a rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.
the telltale bulge of a concealed weapon
- an unusual temporary increase in number or size.
a bulge in the birth rate
- swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.
the veins in his neck bulged
Middle English: from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga (see budget). The original meaning was ‘wallet or bag’, later ‘a ship's bilge’ (early 17th century); other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag.
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Hyphenation of Bulge
Bulge
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Bulge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Bulge synonyms
Meaning bump:
bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Meaning pouch:
Meaning bag:
Meaning start:
Meaning bulk:
Meaning an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning a swelling under the skin, especially one caused by injury or disease:
Meaning a thing that extends outwards from something else:
Meaning an act or instance of erupting:
Meaning a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide:
Meaning an upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase:
Meaning an upward movement; an instance of rising:
Meaning a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something:
Meaning a rapid increase; a rise:
Meaning an act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one's legs and feet:
Meaning a forceful jump or quick movement:
Meaning a source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement:
Meaning the action of making or becoming more intense:
Meaning the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning swell out in a spherical shape:
Meaning swell or cause to swell:
Meaning estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data:
Meaning become or make larger or more extensive:
Meaning fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended:
Meaning swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside:
Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:
Meaning make or become larger or more extensive:
Meaning make or become swollen with fluid or gas:
Meaning swell up:
Meaning become swollen:
Bulge antonyms
Meaning an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
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Words that rhyme with Bulge
saulge, bulge, infrabulge, outbulge, suprabulge, indulge, overindulge, preindulge, reindulge, effulge, refulge, emulge, promulge, voulge, divulge, evulge, redivulge
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