bulge
verb/bʌldʒ/
/bʌldʒ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bulge | /bʌldʒ/ /bʌldʒ/ |
| he / she / it bulges | /ˈbʌldʒɪz/ /ˈbʌldʒɪz/ |
| past simple bulged | /bʌldʒd/ /bʌldʒd/ |
| past participle bulged | /bʌldʒd/ /bʌldʒd/ |
| -ing form bulging | /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/ /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] bulge (with something) (usually used in the progressive tenses) to be completely full (of something)
- Her pockets were bulging with presents.
- a bulging briefcase
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- [intransitive] to stick out from something in a round shape
- His eyes bulged.
- South of Benghazi the coastline bulges out then in.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. The original meaning was ‘wallet or bag’, later ‘a ship's bilge’ (early 17th cent.); other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag.
Idioms
See bulge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe bursting/bulging at the seams
- (informal) to be very full, especially of people
- Los Angeles is bursting at the seams with would-be actors.
- The film is bursting at the seams with good performances.
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