n. | 1. | The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. | ||||||||||||
2. | (Naut.) 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.
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v. i. | 1. | (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge. | ||||||||||||
2. | To bulge. | |||||||||||||
v. t. | 1. | (Naut.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). | ||||||||||||
2. | To cause to bulge. |
Noun | 1. | bilge - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship Synonyms: bilge water |
2. | bilge - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom | |
Verb | 1. | bilge - cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel" |
2. | bilge - take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged" Synonyms: take in water |