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to bulge
01
to cause something to stick out, often due to pressure or excess
Transitive: to bulge sth
Examples
Tightening the screws too much may bulge the surface of the wooden board.
02
to swell disproportionately or unexpectedly
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
regular
present tense
bulging
past simple
bulged
past participle
bulged
Examples
As the temperatures dropped, the pipes in the old house began to bulge.
03
to be filled to capacity and visibly distended as a result
Intransitive: to bulge with sth
Examples
The trash bag bulged with discarded papers and empty containers.
Bulge
01
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
plural form
bulges
Lexical Tree
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