different between shelf vs bulge

English

Etymology

From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English s?ylfe (“deck of a ship”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate to Dutch schelf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf

Noun

shelf (plural shelves)

1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
   • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

     Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

2. The capacity of such an object

3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
4. A reef, shoal or sandbar.

Synonyms

• (capacity): shelfful

Related terms

• shelve

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Czech: šelf
• ? Irish: seilf
• ? Serbo-Croatian: š?lf, ?????
• ? Welsh: silff

Translations

References

• shelf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Fehls, flesh

Middle English

Noun

shelf

1. Alternative form of schelfe

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