What is the meaning of bulge?

noun

• Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
  • usage: "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
  • synonyms: bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

verb

• Swell or protrude outwards.
  • usage: "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
  • synonyms: pouch, protrude
• Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge.
  • synonyms: bag
• Bulge outward.
  • usage: "His eyes popped"
  • synonyms: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge out, bug out, come out
• Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
  • synonyms: bulk