nnoun.shapesomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundingsSynset:bump excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut prominence protrusion protuberance swelling
Examples:- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
Derivationally Related Form:gibbousbulgeprotuberateexcrescentprotrudeprotuberantbulgyhump
Hypernyms:projection
Inherited Hypernyms:bulgeprojectionconvex shapesolidshapeattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bellycaputfrontal eminencemogulnubnubbleoccipital protuberancesnagwart
Full Hyponyms:bellycaputfrontal eminencemogulnuboccipital protuberancesnagwart
vverb.changeswell or protrude outwardsSynset:pouch protrude
Examples:- His stomach bulged after the huge meal
Derivationally Related Form:bulgeprotrusibleprotrusionprotrusive
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:bulgechange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:bulk
Full Troponyms:bulk
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativebulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulgeSynset:bag
Derivationally Related Form:bulge
Hypernyms:jut jut out project protrude stick out
Inherited Hypernyms:bulgestick out
Direct Hyponyms:protuberate
Full Troponyms:protuberate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: bulge)
vverb.motionbulge outwardSynset:bug out bulge out come out pop pop out protrude start
Derivationally Related Form:bulgeprotrusibleprotrusionprotrusive
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:startchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changecause to bulge or swell outwardsSynset:bulk
Derivationally Related Form:bulge
Hypernyms:swell
Inherited Hypernyms:bulgeswellgrowdevelopchange
Causes:bulge pouch protrude
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something