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bulging
[buhlj] 
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bulge
[buhlj]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
| Synonyms: | bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, protrude, protuberate, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell |
| Antonyms: | cave in, depress |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop |
| Synonyms: | balloon, billow, bulge, flap, flop, hang, lop, sag, swell |
| Main Entry: | baggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drooping |
| Synonyms: | billowing, bulging, droopy, flabby, floppy, ill-fitting, loose, oversize, roomy, sagging, slack, unshapely |
| Antonyms: | firm, fitting, tight |
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | billow out; bloat |
| Synonyms: | belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave |
| Main Entry: | buckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort, warp |
| Synonyms: | bend, bulge, cave in, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield |
| Antonyms: | flatten, smooth |
| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rounded, curving outward |
| Synonyms: | arched, bent, biconvex, bulged, bulging, bulgy, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, raised |
| Notes: | convex (from Latin convexus 'arched, vaulted') refers to a surface that curves outward, concave (from Latin concavus 'hollow') to a surface that curves inward |
| Antonyms: | concave, depressed, sinking |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | distended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
| Synonyms: | bloated, bulging, enlarged, expanded, inflated, puffed out, puffy, stretched, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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