Word Definition

Bulge

  1. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
  2. The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
  3. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
  4. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
  5. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.