bulgeverb [ I ]
uk/bʌldʒ/us/bʌldʒ/to stick out in a round shape:
Her bags were bulging with shopping.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Protruding and sticking out
- bristle
- bulbous
- jut
- ledge
- male
- outcrop
- overhang
- peek
- poke
- project
- projection
- protrude
- protrusion
- protuberance
- protuberant
- proud
- stick
- stick (sth) out
- stick out
- stick up
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bulging
adjective uk/ˈbʌl.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈbʌl.dʒɪŋ/
She dragged her bulging (= very full) suitcase up the stairs.
big, bulging (= sticking out) eyes
bulgenoun [ C ]
uk/bʌldʒ/us/bʌldʒ/a curved shape sticking out from the surface of something:
I wondered what the bulge in her coat pocket was.
a sudden increase that soon returns to the usual level:
There was a bulge in spending in the early part of the year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming bigger
- accrue
- augment
- billow
- bloat
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extendable
- extension
- grow
- oak
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
- supersize
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