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1. bulge - noun

· 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




2. bulge - verb

· swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

Synonym(s): pouch, protrude

Hypernym(s): change_shape, change_form, deform




3. bulge - verb

· 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




4. bulge - verb

· 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




5. bulge - verb

· cause to bulge or swell outwards

Synonym(s): bulk

Hypernym(s): swell





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