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1. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
   - bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

1. Swell or protrude outwards
   "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
   - pouch, protrude
    
2. Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
   - bag
    
3. Bulge outward
   - start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge out, bug out, come out
    
4. Cause to bulge or swell outwards
   - bulk

Derived forms: bulging, bulges, bulged

See also: bulgy

Type of: change form, change shape, deform, jut, jut out, project, projection, protrude, stick out, swell

Encyclopedia: Bulge