Tra từ bulge - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bulging (=round and sticking far out)
▪ His bulging eyes made him rather look like a frog.
sb's pockets are bulging (=they are very full)
▪ Tony's pockets were bulging with loose change.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the battle of the bulge
▪ He was with Patton during the Battle of the Bulge.
▪ In 1944, the Battle of the Bulge was fought.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At five months pregnant, the bulge was beginning to show.
▪ Her tailored suit fitted neatly, hiding the slight bulges of middle-age.
▪ The store detective had noticed an odd bulge under the suspect's clothes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As she left the dining-room her hand went to the bulge in her pocket.
▪ By adjusting the statistics, natural bulges are evened out, allowing for short-term shifts to be inferred more accurately.
▪ In most cases the bulge settles down, as long as you have sufficient horizontal rest and take good care of your back.
▪ The bulge in its midriff testified to that.
▪ The bulge, by contrast, contains little dust.
▪ The next thing was that he wanted her to hold the bulge.
▪ This continues until there is a well-developed inward bulge which goes about half-way across the interior.
▪ Weight remains a sensitive issue for Engler, who is constantly fighting a sometimes serious battle of the bulge.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
out
▪ This was a ground-floor room which bulged out on the side of the house looking towards the big lawn and the stables.
▪ The wads of crumpled transaction slips bulging out of wallets and desk drawers will be no more.
▪ South of Benghazi the coastline bulged out and then in.
▪ Facing the hotels, bulging out over the very brink of the abyss, some one had built a huge green dome.
▪ Others, including the amoeba, move by bulging out fingers from the main body and then flowing into them.
NOUN
pocket
▪ The envelope in his inside pocket seemed to bulge enormously.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be bursting/bulging at the seams
▪ The auditorium was bulging at the seams during the governor's talk.
▪ The island couldn't be bursting at the seams, surely?
the battle of the bulge
▪ He was with Patton during the Battle of the Bulge.
▪ In 1944, the Battle of the Bulge was fought.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Father's face was flushed, and his eyes bulged out.
▪ Her purse bulged with keys, cigarettes, scraps of paper, and old receipts.
▪ His cheeks bulged, and his face turned purple with rage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All day the eye of the sky bulges, lidless and forgiving until darkness comes to roost undisturbed in its lashes.
▪ Here and there the stuffing bulged, but for the most part it was in reasonable shape.
▪ In addition the eyes are more severely affected and become filmed over and inflamed; they finally bulge and burst.
▪ Pregnancy demolishes any attempts at personal elegance, as we bulge and waddle along.
▪ She then found that one of the walls bulged, and wanted to get compensation from the surveyor.
▪ The backs of his thighs were bulging, his hamstrings taut as guy wires.

bulge

I. bulge¹ /bʌldʒ/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1700-1800; Origin : bouge, bulge 'bag, swelling, hump' (13-19 centuries), from Old French bouge; ⇨ budget¹]
1. a curved mass on the surface of something, usually caused by something under or inside it:
　 ▪ The gun made a bulge under his jacket.

2. a sudden temporary increase in the amount or level of something:
　 ▪ a bulge in the birthrate

—bulgy adjective

II. bulge² (also bulge out) verb [INTRANSITIVE]
to stick out in a rounded shape, especially because something is very full or too tight
bulge with
　 ▪ His pockets were bulging with candy.
　 ▪ He fell heavily to the floor, his eyes bulging wide with fear.