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