different between ledge vs bulge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?
• Hyphenation: ledge

Etymology 1

From Middle English legge; usually considered to be from Middle English leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”).

Noun

ledge (plural ledges)

1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
2. (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
3. A layer or stratum.
4. A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
5. (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
6. (architecture) A cornice.
7. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

Translations

Verb

ledge (third-person singular simple present ledges, present participle ledging, simple past and past participle ledged)

1. (uncommon) To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).
   • 1993, Proceedings, page 87:

     [...] preparation must not remove excess dentine from the canal, and care must be taken not to ledge the canal walls.

   • 2009, Mahmoud Torabinejad, Richard E. Walton, Endodontics: Principles and Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 330:

     Length Longer canals are more prone to ledging than shorter canals. Careful attention to maintaining patency is required to prevent ledging.

     Initial Size Smaller-diameter canals are more easily ledged than larger-diameter canals. In summary ...

Etymology 2

Shortening of legend.

Alternative forms

• leg

Noun

ledge (plural ledges)

1. (slang) A lege; a legend.
   • [1], [2], [3]

Etymology 3

Shortening of legislature.

Noun

ledge (plural ledges)

1. (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
   • "Alberta Legislature," Explore Edmonton [4]:

     Known to Edmontonians as "the Ledge", the Alberta Legislature Building is a marvel of marble pillars, carved oak, beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture and stunning grounds.

2. (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.

Anagrams

• degel, edgel, glede, gleed, leged

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)

1. Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
3. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
4. (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
5. (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.

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• abulge

Translations

References

Anagrams

• bugle