something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
The gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge. The hump of a camel. He stood on the rocky prominence. The occipital protuberance was well developed. The bony excrescence between its horns.
source: WordNet 3.0
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
source: Webster 1913
verb
swell or protrude outwards
His stomach bulged after the huge meal.
source: WordNet 3.0
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
source: WordNet 3.0
bulge outward
His eyes popped.
source: WordNet 3.0
cause to bulge or swell outwards
source: WordNet 3.0
To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
