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BULGING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curving or bulging outward
Synonyms:
bulging; convex
Classified under:
Similar:
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)
gibbose; gibbous ((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)
umbel-like; umbellate (resembling an umbel in form)
Also:
protrusive (thrusting outward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Curving outward
Synonyms:
bellied; bellying; bulbous; bulging; bulgy; protuberant
Classified under:
Similar:
protrusive (thrusting outward)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bulge
Context examples:
Solitary lesions of bone that typically cause a bulging of the overlying cortex bearing some resemblance to the saccular protrusion of the aortic wall in aortic aneurysm, hence the name.
(Aneurysmal Bone Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Then, at last, our pockets bulging with cartridges and a rifle in each hand, we started off upon our mission of rescue.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A bulging cylindrical shape with flat ends.
(Barrel, NCI Thesaurus)
Bulging or ballooning in an area of an artery secondary to arterial wall weakening.
(Aneurysm, NCI Thesaurus)
The dead robber swung slowly to and fro in the wintry wind, a fixed smile upon his swarthy face, and his bulging eyes still glaring down the highway of which he had so long been the terror; on a sheet of parchment upon his breast was printed in rude characters;
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At length we stopped before a very old house bulging out over the road; a house with long low lattice-windows bulging out still farther, and beams with carved heads on the ends bulging out too, so that I fancied the whole house was leaning forward, trying to see who was passing on the narrow pavement below.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He was very pale, and his eyes seemed bulging out as, half in terror and half in amazement, he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard, who was also observing the pretty girl.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Martin guided her tottering footsteps to a chair, from where she watched him with bulging eyes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Skiff Miller, cool and collected, the obstinate flush a trifle deeper on his forehead, his huge muscles bulging under the black cloth of his coat, carefully looked the poet up and down as though measuring the strength of his slenderness.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The high, bulging shelves of heavy tomes humbled him and at the same time stimulated him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
