An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
a bulge in a wall
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
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...
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The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars, And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.