bulging

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.

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[Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

Adj.	1.	bulging - curving or bulging outwardconvexprotrusive - thrusting outward
	2.	bulging - curving outward bellying, bulgy, protuberant, bulbous, belliedprotrusive - thrusting outward

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