Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To spring a leak in the bilge.

    cause to leak

  2. (intransitive)To bulge or swell.

  3. (transitive)To break open the bilge(s) of.

    take in water at the bilge

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He claimed that my submission was utter bilge.

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  2. The bilge water needs to be pumped out regularly.

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  3. Don't talk such bilge!

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Origin

Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).

Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).

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Forms

bilges, bilging, bilged, bilged
Base formbilge · to bilge
3rd person singularbilges
Present participlebilging
Past simplebilged
Past participlebilged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybilge
he, she, itbilges

Past simpleLesson

all personsbilged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bilged
he, she, ithas bilged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bilge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • take in water at the bilge:take in water

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbilgewaterbilge keelbilge pump

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bilateralbilberrybilbybilebilingualB1bilingualismbilious

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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