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bulginess
bulge B0539800 (bŭlj)n.1. A protruding part; an outward curve or swelling.2. Nautical A bilge.3. A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity: The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment.v. bulged, bulg·ing, bulg·es v.intr. To swell, protrude, or curve outward: a wall bulging after a flood; muscles bulging under a shirt.v.tr. To cause to bulge.
[Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]
bulg′i·ness n.bulg′y adj.Synonyms: bulge, balloon, belly, jut, project, protrude
These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; a clown's pants that ballooned at the waist; a sail bellying in the wind; a boulder jutting from the hillside; a deck that projected from the house in back; eyes protruding from their sockets in astonishment.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bulginess - the property possessed by a rounded convexityroundednessconvexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shapeellipticity, oblateness - the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" |
IdiomsSeebulgeFinancialSeeBulgebulginess
Synonyms for bulginessnoun the property possessed by a rounded convexitySynonymsRelated Words- convexity
- convexness
- ellipticity
- oblateness
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