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bilge
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- pronunciation:
- bIlj
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides.
Without a working pump, the water collected in the bilge would endanger the ship.- similar words:
- bottom, hull, shell
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definition 2: |
water that gradually collects in that part of a ship.
- synonyms:
- leakage
- similar words:
- effluence, percolation, seep
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definition 3: |
(informal) stupid talk.
- synonyms:
- baloney, drivel, folderol, gibberish, hogwash, jabber, jabberwocky, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, rubbish
- similar words:
- babble, balderdash, bunk, hooey, humbug, piffle, twaddle
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related words: |
drivel |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
bilges, bilging, bilged |
definition: |
of a ship, to leak in the rounded area near the bottom of the hull.
- synonyms:
- leak
- similar words:
- seep
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
definition: |
to breach the lower part of (a ship's hull).
- synonyms:
- breach
- similar words:
- open, rupture, split
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