bulge

CEFRC1

/ˈbʌldʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A rounded area that sticks out from a surface.

  2. 02

    verb

    To swell outward or stick out.

Examples

  • Bill is really fighting the battle of the bulge.

  • The Germans suffered more than 100 000 casualties during the Battle of the Bulge.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

  2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

  3. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

More examples

In context

  • He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.

  • There was a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet.

  • a bulge in a wall

Synonyms

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After eating a huge meal, his belt began to blank outward because his stomach had expanded so much.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.