Antonyms for bulge

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : buhlj

Phonetic Transcription : bʌldʒ

Definition of bulge

Origin : c.1200, "wallet, leather bag," from Old French bouge, boulge "wallet, pouch, leather bag," or directly from Latin bulga "leather sack" (see budget (n.)). Sense of "a swelling" is first recorded 1620s. Bilge (q.v.) might be a nautical variant.

noun swollen object
verb project outward

Example sentences :

They ran until the bulge of the inner globe all but hid the plane from them.
Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks

Positives do not swell or bulge as they discharge, but shed the active material.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

"You've got the bulge on me this time, guv'nor," he admitted ruefully.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

Peters bulged at any point, that bulge must be caused by a pistol.
Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

The bulge is now a heap and ruin of burnt and tumbled mud and chalk.
Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield

But it will take some time to recover and we must be ready when the bulge comes.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

These "soft spots" should not be depressed neither should they bulge.
Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

Their walk is a waddle, and they bulge with seaming corpulency.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

I consider that I have the bulge on him as far as you could chase a rabbit.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

He only held me so tightly by the hand that my eyes began to bulge from my head.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

Synonyms for bulge

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