Sunday, March 4, 2012

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: bilge

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bilge
Mar 4th 2012, 14:22

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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* French: [[fond de cale]]

  

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* German: {{t|de|Bilgewasser|n}}
 

* [[Ido]]: [[bilgo]]

  

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* Italian: {{t-|it|sentina}}

  

* Italian: {{t-|it|sentina}}

Latest revision as of 14:22, 4 March 2012

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A nautical/shipbuilding term, likely derived from bulge.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

bilge (countable and uncountable; plural bilges)

  1. (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  2. (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.
  3. (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
  5. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

[edit] Translations

rounded portion of a ship's hull

lowest inner part of a ship's hull

bilge water

[edit] Verb

bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle bilged)

  1. (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
  2. (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
  3. (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.

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