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The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
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The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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To spring a leak in the bilge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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To bulge or swell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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To break open the bilge(s) of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bottom, underside, undersurface
Narrower terms: bilges
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bilge water
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: water, H2O
take in water at the bilge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take in water
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Broader terms: leak
cause to leak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the collision bilged the vessel
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Broader terms: damage
Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
outor
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Dutch:
pastoor
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Finnish:
palle
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Galician:
varenga
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Hebrew:
שִׁפּוּלַיִם
(shipulayim)
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Māori:
papakairā
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Polish:
obło
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Spanish:
sentina
— rounded portion of a ship's hull
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Arabic:
جَمَّة
(jamma)
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Arabic:
إِنْكِلِيَّة
(ʔinkiliyya)
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Catalan:
sentina
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Czech:
dno lodi
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Dutch:
kielruimte
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Dutch:
lensruimte
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Dutch:
buik
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Estonian:
pilss
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Finnish:
pilssi
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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French:
fond de cale
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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French:
sentine
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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German:
Bilge
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Greek:
σεντίνα
(sentína)
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Hebrew:
שִׁפּוּלַיִם
(shipulayim)
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Ido:
bilgo
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Italian:
sentina
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Latvian:
bilžas
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Māori:
riu
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Māori:
pāwai
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Māori:
paewai
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Polish:
zęza
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Polish:
zenza
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Russian:
дни́ще
(dníšče)
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Sicilian:
sintina
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Swedish:
kölrum
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Swedish:
hålskepp
— lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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Catalan:
aigua de sentina
— bilge water
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Danish:
bundvand
— bilge water
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Estonian:
pilsivesi
— bilge water
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Finnish:
pilssivesi
— bilge water
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French:
eau de cale
— bilge water
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German:
Bilgewasser
— bilge water
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Greek:
σεντινόνερο
(sentinónero)
— bilge water
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Hebrew:
מִי שִׁפּוּלַיִם
(mey shipulayim)
— bilge water
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Italian:
sentina
— bilge water
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Latin:
sentina
— bilge water
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Latvian:
bilžu ūdens
— bilge water
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Serbo-Croatian:
kaljuža
— bilge water
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Sicilian:
sintina
— bilge water
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Swedish:
kölvatten
— bilge water
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Catalan:
estirabot
— nonsense
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Czech:
kecy
— nonsense
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Czech:
žvásty
— nonsense
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Italian:
fesserie
— nonsense
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Italian:
idiozie
— nonsense
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Italian:
sciocchezze
— nonsense
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Sicilian:
fissarìi
— nonsense
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Sicilian:
babbarijati
— nonsense
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Sicilian:
minchiati
— nonsense
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Finnish:
pullistua
— to bulge
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Finnish:
paisua
— to bulge