Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bilges

1 sense of bilges

Sense 1
bilges -- (in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side)
       => bilge -- (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bilge

2 senses of bilge

Sense 1
bilge, bilge water -- (water accumulated in the bilge of a ship)
       => water, H2O -- (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Sense 2
bilge -- (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)
       => bottom, underside, undersurface -- (the lower side of anything)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bilge

2 senses of bilge

Sense 1
bilge -- (cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel")
       => damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")

Sense 2
bilge, take in water -- (take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged")
       => leak -- (have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly")