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BILGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bilge" is a kind of...):

bottom; underside; undersurface (the lower side of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bilge"):

bilges (in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side)

Holonyms ("bilge" is a part of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Derivation:

bilge (take in water at the bilge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

Synonyms:

bilge; bilge water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bilge" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Derivation:

bilge (take in water at the bilge)

bilgy (smelling like bilge water)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take in water at the bilge

Example:

the tanker bilged

Synonyms:

bilge; take in water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bilge" is one way to...):

leak (have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)

bilge (water accumulated in the bilge of a ship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to leak

Example:

the collision bilged the vessel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bilge" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Cause:

bilge; take in water (take in water at the bilge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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