bulging

/'bʌldʤin/ Cách viết khác : (bulgy) /'bʌldʤ/

Thân thiện

His backpack was bulging with heavy textbooks.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Curving or swelling outward: Describing something that has a rounded, outward curve or protrusion from its normal surface. 2. Protruding: Extending beyond the normal or surrounding surface.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The bulging muscles of the weightlifter were impressive.
  • He packed so many clothes that his suitcase was bulging.
  • The frog has large, bulging eyes.
  • The bulging vein on his forehead showed he was angry.

Advanced Usage

• "to be bulging at the seams": To be extremely full or overcrowded.
  • After the holiday feast, I was bulging at the seams.
  • The concert hall was bulging at the seams with excited fans.

Variants and Related Words

• Bulginess (n): The state or quality of being bulging.
  • The bulginess of the package made it difficult to fit in the mailbox.
• Bulge (n): A rounded swelling or outward curve.
  • There was a noticeable bulge in his pocket where he kept his phone.
• Bulge (v): To swell or curve outward.
  • The walls bulge outward from the pressure.

Synonyms

• Protruding: Extending out, projecting.
• Swollen: Enlarged or puffed up, often from internal pressure.
• Distended: Swollen or stretched out, especially from internal pressure.
• Convex: Having a surface that curves outward like the exterior of a sphere.

Antonyms

• Sunken: Curved inward.
• Concave: Having a surface that curves inward like the interior of a bowl.
• Flat: Level and even; without curves or protrusions.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. curving outward
2. curving or bulging outward

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bellied
• bellying
• bulbous
• bulgy
• protuberant
• convex