· 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"
Synonym(s): bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Hypernym(s): projection
· swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
Hypernym(s): change_shape, change_form, deform
· bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
Synonym(s): bag
Hypernym(s): stick_out, protrude, jut_out, jut, project
· bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
Synonym(s): start, protrude, pop, pop_out, bulge_out, bug_out, come_out
Hypernym(s): change_shape, change_form, deform
· cause to bulge or swell outwards
Synonym(s): bulk
Hypernym(s): swell