a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump

a bulge in a wall.

any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices

the bulge in profits.

a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater.

to swell or bend outward; be protuberant.

to be filled to capacity

The box bulged with cookies.

to make protuberant; cause to swell.

adjective

convex , gibbous , protuberant