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bulge
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?ld?/
- (US) IPA(key): /b?ld?/, /b?ld?/
Etymology
From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge. See also budget.
Noun
bulge (plural bulges)
- Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
- The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
- (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
- (figuratively) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
- 1930, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute (volume 7, page 204)
- A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline.
- 1930, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute (volume 7, page 204)
Derived terms
- cockbulge
- manbulge
Translations
See also
- bulge bracket
Verb
bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)
- (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
- The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
- He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
- (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
- 1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, p. 253,[2]
- Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,
- And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
- 1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, p. 253,[2]
Derived terms
- abulge
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bugle
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mound
English
Etymology
From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mund? (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh?-nt-éh? (“the beckoning one”), from *men-, *man-, *mar- (“hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek ???? (már?, “hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Noun
mound (plural mounds)
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- Synonyms: bulwark, rampart
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
- (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
- (obsolete) A helmet.
- (obsolete) Might; size.
Synonyms
- (part of regalia): globus cruciger, globe, orb
Derived terms
- shaftmound
Translations
Verb
mound (third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded)
- (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
- (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
Synonyms
- (fortify with a mound): bank, bank up, bulwark, rampart
- (pile into mounds): heap up, pile; see also Thesaurus:pile up
Derived terms
- amound
Translations
See also
- mound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Mudon, Mundo
Middle English
Noun
mound
- Alternative form of mund
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