Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bulge
Participle: bulged
Gerund: bulging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bulge |
| you | bulge |
| he;she;it | bulges |
| we | bulge |
| you | bulge |
| they | bulge |
Perfect
| I | have bulged |
| you | have bulged |
| he;she;it | has bulged |
| we | have bulged |
| you | have bulged |
| they | have bulged |
Past
| I | bulged |
| you | bulged |
| he;she;it | bulged |
| we | bulged |
| you | bulged |
| they | bulged |
Pluperfect
| I | had bulged |
| you | had bulged |
| he;she;it | had bulged |
| we | had bulged |
| you | had bulged |
| they | had bulged |
Future
| I | will bulge |
| you | will bulge |
| he;she;it | will bulge |
| we | will bulge |
| you | will bulge |
| they | will bulge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bulged |
| you | will have bulged |
| he;she;it | will have bulged |
| we | will have bulged |
| you | will have bulged |
| they | will have bulged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bulge |
| you | bulge |
| he;she;it | bulge |
| we | bulge |
| you | bulge |
| they | bulge |
Perfect
| I | have bulged |
| you | have bulged |
| he;she;it | have bulged |
| we | have bulged |
| you | have bulged |
| they | have bulged |
Imperfect
| I | bulged |
| you | bulged |
| he;she;it | bulged |
| we | bulged |
| you | bulged |
| they | bulged |
Pluperfect
| I | had bulged |
| you | had bulged |
| he;she;it | had bulged |
| we | had bulged |
| you | had bulged |
| they | had bulged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bulge |
| you | would bulge |
| he;she;it | would bulge |
| we | would bulge |
| you | would bulge |
| they | would bulge |
Perfect
| I | would have bulged |
| you | would have bulged |
| he;she;it | would have bulged |
| we | would have bulged |
| you | would have bulged |
| they | would have bulged |
Imperative
| you | bulge |
| we | Let's bulge |
| you | bulge |
Verbs conjugated like 'bulge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bulge'
bilge,
budge,
badge,
bale,
barge,
belee,
belie,
belye,
bile,
bludge,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.
Sample Sentences
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He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
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The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out; and a silver streak showed in the looking-glass. [1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob's Room:]
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The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
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You will return from work one day to an empty, echoing apartment, and the neighbors will tell you that B was last seen driving away in a bulging moving van. [1977 December 10, Robin E. Smith, “Lesbian Version of 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 12:]
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Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,
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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, page 253:]