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The synonyms of “Bulge” are: bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, lump, projection, eruption, convexity, surge, upsurge, rise, increase, escalation, jump, leap, boost, intensification, augmentation, pouch, protrude, bug out, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, start, bulk, bag, swell, swell out, puff out, puff up, stick out, balloon, balloon out, balloon up, fill out, belly
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bulge” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| augmentation | The lengthening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. The augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects. |
| boost | The act of giving hope or support to someone. The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy. |
| bump | A protuberance on a level surface. Her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps. |
| convexity | A shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| eruption | An act or instance of erupting. Irritable skin eruptions. |
| escalation | A rapid increase; a rise. There was a gradual escalation of hostilities. |
| excrescence | An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body. The bony excrescence between its horns. |
| extrusion | Squeezing out by applying pressure. Craters serve as localized outlets for the extrusion of lava. |
| gibbosity | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. |
| gibbousness | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. |
| increase | The amount by which something increases. They proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare. |
| intensification | Action that makes something stronger or more extreme. The intensification of agriculture. |
| jump | An obstacle to be jumped especially by a horse and rider in an equestrian competition. I woke up with a jump. |
| jut | A point that sticks out. We stopped on a jut of land. |
| leap | A thing to be leaped over or from. It doesn t take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role. |
| lump | An awkward stupid person. I won t stand a chance against a big lump like you. |
| projection | The projection of an image from a film onto a screen. Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection. |
| prominence | A stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun’s chromosphere. The steep rocky prominence resembled a snow capped mountain. |
| protrusion | The act of projecting out from something. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside. |
| protuberance | The fact or state of protruding. Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads. |
| rise | The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. I gained the crest of a rise and saw the plain stretched out before me. |
| surge | A sudden or abrupt strong increase. An upsurge of emotion. |
| swelling | A natural rounded protuberance. The lobes are prominent swellings on the base of the brain. |
| upsurge | A sudden or abrupt strong increase. An upsurge in vandalism and violent crime. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bulge” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bag | Put something in a bag. Customers bagged their own groceries. |
| balloon | Ride in a hot air balloon. The trousers ballooned out below his waist. |
| balloon out | Ride in a hot-air balloon. |
| balloon up | Become inflated. |
| belly | Move or sit close to (a bar or table. As she leaned forward her pullover bellied out. |
| bug out | Annoy persistently. |
| bulge out | Bulge out form a bulge outward or be so full as to appear to bulge. |
| bulk | Stick out or up. The parcel bulked in the sack. |
| come out | Be received. |
| fill out | Plug with a substance. |
| pop | Heat popcorn or another foodstuff until it bursts open. Williams had spent his life hitting the bottle and popping pills. |
| pop out | Burst open with a sharp, explosive sound. |
| pouch | Put into a pouch. Hick pouched his fourth catch with ease. |
| protrude | Of an animal cause a body part to protrude. Something like a fin protruded from the water. |
| puff out | Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. |
| puff up | Blow hard and loudly. |
| start | Give a signal to competitors to start in a race. He couldn t get the car started. |
| stick out | Stick to firmly. |
| swell | Become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume. She felt herself swell with pride. |
| swell out | Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. |
| all | To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent whole is often used informally for wholly. Dressed all in black. |
| bump | In a race gain a bump against. She was bumped for a youthful model. |
| contain | Include or contain have as a component. He must contain his hatred. |
| entire | Constituting the undiminished entirety lacking nothing essential especially not damaged Bacon. An ideological system with which he is in entire agreement. |
| entirety | The whole of something. He read the article in its entirety. |
| excrescence | An unattractive or superfluous object or feature. The building is a sixties excrescence foisted on an otherwise flawless street. |
| fill | Any material that fills a space or container. Fill the child with pride. |
| filled | Of purchase orders that have been filled. Fog filled air. |
| forward | Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle. Rory leaned forward over the table. |
| fulfill | Put in effect. |
| full | Gather or pleat fabric so as to make a garment full. Volumizing products coat each strand making hair appear thick and much fuller. |
| gamut | The lowest note in the gamut scale. The whole gamut of human emotion. |
| jut | Extend out or project in space. We stopped on a jut of land. |
| laden | Remove with or as if with a ladle. The moisture laden air. |
| occupied | (of a place, especially a country) taken control of by military conquest or settlement. Tasks which kept her occupied for the day. |
| overcrowd | Fill (accommodation or a space) beyond what is comfortable, safe, or desirable. Try not to overcrowd the leaflet with text. |
| projection | The projection of an image from a film onto a screen. The band use stage projections featuring moon shots. |
| protrude | Of an animal cause a body part to protrude. Something like a fin protruded from the water. |
| protrusion | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside. |
| protuberance | A thing that protrudes from something else. Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads. |
| replete | Deeply filled or permeated. Sensational popular fiction replete with adultery and sudden death. |
| restock | Stock again. He restocked his land with pheasants. |
| sate | Supply (someone) with as much as or more of something than is desired or can be managed. He was sated with flying. |
| satiety | The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more. A molecule that seems to regulate satiety. |
| satisfy | Fill satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. Social services is trying to satisfy the needs of so many different groups. |
| stuffed | Of a toy made of fabric stuffed with a soft filling. The pickles are splendid you ll be stuffed by the time the meal arrives. |
| suffice | Be enough or adequate. A B grade doesn t suffice to get me into medical school. |
| sufficiency | Self sufficiency or independence of character especially of an arrogant or imperious sort. The judge would rule on the sufficiency of the provocation. |
| superabundance | A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. |
| whole | Acting together as a single undiversified whole. Europe considered as a whole. |
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