From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
bulging \bulging\ adj.
1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of {concave}.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; {broken-backed, hogged}; {convexo-concave};
{gibbous, gibbose}; {planoconvex}] Also See: {protrusive}.
Syn: convex.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bulge \Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bulging}.]
1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it
yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall
bulges.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
[1913 Webster]
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
--Broome.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulging
adj 1: curving or bulging outward [syn: {convex}, {bulging}]
[ant: {concave}]
2: curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulbous},
{bulging}, {bulgy}, {protuberant}]
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