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bulge

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The female flowers, which have a slight bulge at the base, will eventually turn into fruit.

Naked wires that once ran between devices and the speakers near your ears all grew an unsightly bulge packed with controls for navigating audio, answering phone calls, and adjusting the volume.

A bulge in a washing machine or dishwasher hose, for example, means it is ready to burst.

From proximity, the bulge shown in the previous view from Sterling morphs into a well-defined hook echo, which is indicative of a small area of rotation called a mesocyclone.

In some geckos, the tumors grew into large bulges that could make it difficult for the animals to move and could get infected if ruptured.

Targeting pods can bulge out a bit, and leak out unwanted signals.

But for now, the battle of the deficit bulge seems to have been won.

The Huffington Post wrote, “PSA: That Bulge Is Not Actually Idris Elba's Penis.”

A photo of the studly actor Idris Elba sporting what appeared to be a huge bulge in his pants recently went viral.

One commonly cited reason for the uprising was the combination of an economic downturn with a youth bulge in the Arab world.

He too, then, was awake and restless, for I saw the canvas sides bulge this way and that as he moved within.

The temples and dome of the head seemed to bulge, as if there was too much inside for the strength of the restraining walls.

Presently the bulge of the boat's bow glanced along the ship's side, and Joe flung his painter.

No helicopters swung their blades above; there were only the bulge of a conning tower and the heavy inset glasses of the lookouts.

After she had tripped over two large paving-stones that had met in an upward bulge, she took more note of detail.

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On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bulge, such as: lump, nodule, wart, blob, bump, and bunch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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