Transcription
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- [buhlj]
- /bʌldʒ/
- /bʌldʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhlj]
- /bʌldʒ/
Definitions of bulge word
- verb bulge If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out. 3
- verb bulge If someone's eyes or veins are bulging, they seem to stick out a lot, often because the person is making a strong physical effort or is experiencing a strong emotion. 3
- verb bulge If you say that something is bulging with things, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 3
- countable noun bulge Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth. 3
- countable noun bulge If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it. 3
- noun bulge a swelling or an outward curve 3
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Origin of bulge
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English: bag, hump < Old French < Latin bulga bag < Celtic; compare Irish bolg bag
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bulge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bulge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bulge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bulge
noun bulge
- wart — a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
verb bulge
- protrude — to project.
- swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- bloat — to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- distend — Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
Antonyms for bulge
noun bulge
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
verb bulge
- tighten — make more snug or secure
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- lessen — to become less.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
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