bulge
Noun
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Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (synset 113917127)
"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"is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from somethingsubtypes:
- frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
- occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
- belly - a part that bulges deeply
- caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
- mogul - a bump on a ski slope
- nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance
- snag - a sharp protuberance
- wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
same as: bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
Verb
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Swell or protrude outwards (synset 200264117)
"His stomach bulged after the huge meal"subtypes: bulk - stick out or up
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Bulge out;
Form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge (synset 202720235)subtypes: protuberate - form a rounded prominencesame as: bag -
Bulge outward (synset 202086193)
"His eyes popped"
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Cause to bulge or swell outwards (synset 200257255)
is a type of: swell - cause to become swollensame as: bulk
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