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[v. oh-ver-hang; n. oh-ver-hang] 
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| Main Entry: |
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 |
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| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, immediate, impending, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | impending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, imminent, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, proximate, see it coming, threatening, waiting to |
| Antonyms: | distant, later, never, remote |
| Main Entry: | jut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | beetle, bulge, elongate, impend, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out |
| Antonyms: | indent, recede |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle toward |
| Synonyms: | be off, be slanted, bear on, beetle, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, fasten on, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, put weight on, recline, repose, rest, rest on, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | loom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, often imposingly |
| Synonyms: | approach, await, be at hand, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards, be in the wind, be near, become visible, break through, brew, bulk, come forth, come into view, come on, come on the scene, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, figure, gather, hang over, hover, impend, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, overtop, portend, rear, rise, seem huge, seem large, show, soar, stand out, take shape, threaten, top, tower |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, bad-eye, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | menacing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimidating, ominous |
| Synonyms: | alarming, approaching, dangerous, frightening, imminent, impending, intimidatory, looming, louring, lowering, minacious, minatory, overhanging, threatening |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assisting, helping, unthreatening |
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