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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bulge \Bulge\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulging}.]
1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bulge \Bulge\ (b[u^]lj), noun [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b[.r]h to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly}, {Billow}, {Bouge}, noun]
1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.
{Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bulge
noun: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}]
verb
1: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise" [syn: {pouch}, {protrude}]
2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge [syn: {bag}]
3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {protrude}, {pop}, {pop out}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}]
4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulk}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "bulge": advantage, allowance, bag, balloon, beetle, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bouge, bow, bubble, bug, bulb, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, clump, coign of vantage, condyle, convex, deadwood, dilate, distend, dowel, drop, ear, edge, expand, flange, flap, flying start, gall, gnarl, goggle, handicap, handle, head start, hill, hump, hunch, inside track, jog, joggle, jump, jut, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, odds, overhand, overhang, papilloma, peg, poke, pooch, pop, pouch, pout, project, projection, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, rib, ridge, ring, round out, running start, shoulder, something extra, something in reserve, spine, stand out, start, stick out, stud, style, swell, swell out, swelling, tab, tubercle, tubercule, upper hand, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt, whip hand
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