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bulge out

VERB

fill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

block clog close cram crowd furnish lade load overflow pack permeate saturate store stuff supply swell top

STRONG

charge choke congest distend fulfill glut gorge heap impregnate inflate meet overspread pervade plug ram replenish sate satiate satisfy shoal stock stopper stretch

WEAK

blow up brim over jam-pack pack like sardines puff up pump up ram in take up top off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

open release unblock unstop

STRONG

abstain compress contract deflate deplete deprive diet dissatisfy fail fast miss shrink use up waste

WEAK

drain empty exhaust spend take use void

Example Sentences

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As the Earth turns, the gravity of our nearest celestial neighbour pulls at the water in our oceans, making it bulge out.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

Get it wrong and the fuel can be squashed flat, bulge out unpredictably like putty squeezed in a child’s hand, or mix with material from the diamond shell.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 1, 2023

The Yorkshire terrier’s huge eyes bulge out of his head like two glistening marbles.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023

Under the rush of water, one of the walls in Guevara's home began to bulge out.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

His eyes seemed to bulge out of his head and to take up the whole upper part of his face, and they were shiny with sickness, intense and myopic.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

bulge out

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