Word Meanings - BULGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. See Bilge ways. (more info) bulgja, Icel. bolginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. 1. The bilge or protuberant part

Additional info about word: BULGE

The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. See Bilge ways. (more info) bulgja, Icel. bolginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. 1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BULGE)

• Project Throw
• cast
• hurl
• propel
• shoot
• discharge
• propound
• intend
• forecast
• jut
• extend
• reach
• bulge
• stand out
• Protrude
• Extend
• project
• abut
• demonstrate
• expose
• thrust forward

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BULGE)

• Recal
• withdraw
• draw
• retract
• pull
• attract
• rebound
• recoil
• adduce
• revert
• rebate

Related words: (words related to BULGE)

• PROJECTION
  The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction
• REVERT
  To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• PROJECTMENT
  Design; contrivance; projection. Clarendon.
• THRUSTING
  The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. (more info) 1. The act of pushing with force. The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. pl.
• INTENDENT
  See N
• PROPELLER
  1. One who, or that which, propels. 2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. 3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
• PROTRUDE
  1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. Thomson.
• ATTRACTABILITY
  The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
• INTENDIMENT
  Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. Spenser.
• SHOOTING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light. 2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically , the killing of game; as, a week of shooting. 3. A sensation of darting pain;
• ATTRACTILE
  Having power to attract.
• ADDUCE
  To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• REBOUND
  1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
• THROW
  Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. Spenser. Dryden.
• DEMONSTRATER
  See DEMONSTRATOR
• OUTPREACH
  To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
• SADDUCEEISM; SADDUCISM
  The tenets of the Sadducees.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• FOREREACH
  To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• OVERSHOOT
  1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South. 2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle. 3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
• TRAP SHOOTING
  Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.
• OUTSHOOT
  To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.
• MISTHROW
  To throw wrongly.