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Bilge
01
the lowest part of a ship's hull, typically filled with water or oil that has leaked in
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
bilges
Examples
The crew worked tirelessly to pump out the bilge water that had accumulated in the ship's hull.
02
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
to bilge
01
take in water at the bilge
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
bilge
3rd person singular
bilges
present participle
bilging
past simple
bilged
past participle
bilged
02
cause to leak
Lexical Tree
bilgy
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