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

4 senses of bulge

Sense 1
bulge, pouch, protrude -- (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")
       => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)

Sense 2
bulge, bag -- (bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge)
       => stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")

Sense 3
start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out -- (bulge outward; "His eyes popped")
       => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)

Sense 4
bulge, bulk -- (cause to bulge or swell outwards)
       => swell -- (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood")

Antonyms of adj bulging

2 senses of bulging

Sense 1
convex (vs. concave), bulging -- (curving or bulging outward)

Sense 2
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)

INDIRECT (VIA protrusive) -> intrusive -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")

Similarity of adj bulging

2 senses of bulging

Sense 1
convex (vs. concave), bulging -- (curving or bulging outward)
       => bell-shaped -- (having a convex shape that resembles a bell)
       => biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform -- (convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil)
       => broken-backed, hogged -- ((of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end)
       => convexo-concave -- (convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity)
       => gibbous, gibbose -- ((used of the moon) more than half full)
       => helmet-shaped -- (having the convex shape of a helmet)
       => planoconvex -- (flat on one side and convex on the other)
       => umbellate, umbel-like -- (resembling an umbel in form)
          Also See-> protrusive#1

Sense 2
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)
       => protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)


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