1. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";
   - bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
    
2. A temporary increase or rise
   "There was a bulge in applications after the deadline was extended"

1. Swell or protrude outwards
   "His stomach bulged after the huge meal";
   - pouch, protrude
    
2. Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
   "The sack bulged with apples";
   - bag
    
3. Bulge outward
   "His eyes bulged";
   - start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge out, bug out [US, informal], come out
    
4. Cause to bulge or swell outwards
   "The overpacked suitcase bulged at the seams";
   - bulk

Derived forms: bulging, bulged, bulges

Type of: change form, change shape, deform, jut, jut out, project, projection, protrude, stick out, swell

Encyclopedia: Bulge