Bulge - Definition

n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects
from its surroundings; "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" [syn:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance,
protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
v 1: swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the
huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude]
2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear
to bulge [syn: bulge, bag]
3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude,
pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come
out]
4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulge, bulk]