Bulge

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

3. The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.