bulging

Verb

bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)

1. (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
   • He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
2. (intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
   • The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
3. (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
   • Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,
     And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, page 253

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