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Bilge Common

Bilge has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

2

where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

3

The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.

Verb
1

cause to leak

"the collision bilged the vessel"

2

take in water at the bilge

"the tanker bilged"

3

To spring a leak in the bilge.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
water bottom damage leak
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bilges
Rhyming Words
helge galge volge bulge evulge voulge abulge emulge divulge effulge indulge spurlge manbulge promulge cockbulge backbulge forebulge malebolge protobulge pseudobulge
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