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Definition of Bilge
1. Verb. Cause to leak. "The collision bilged the vessel"
2. Noun. Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship.
3. Verb. Take in water at the bilge. "The tanker bilged"
4. Noun. Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom.
Group relationships: Vessel, Watercraft
Generic synonyms: Bottom, Underside, Undersurface
Definition of Bilge
1. n. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
2. v. i. To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
3. v. t. To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
Definition of Bilge
1. Noun. (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull. ¹
3. Noun. The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water. ¹
4. Noun. (slang uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. ¹
5. Noun. The bulging part of a barrel or cask. ¹
6. Verb. (context: nautical intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To bulge or swell. ¹
8. Verb. (context: nautical transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bilge
1. to spring a leak [v BILGED, BILGING, BILGES]
Medical Definition of Bilge
1. 1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. 2. That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. 3. Bilge water. Bilge free, water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel. Origin: A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. Belly, Bulge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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