Bulbous - English meaning

adjective

Swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

He had a bloated, unshaven face

verb

Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

The fungus has bloated their abdomens

verb

Cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

adjective

Swelling outwards; protruding.

Usage examples:

He stared with bulging eyes

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

adjective

Having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

A convex lens

adjective

Swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated.

Usage examples:

A distended belly

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly

adjective

Swollen and large in a way that is not normal, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

The television showed images of starving children with distended bellies., his abdomen had become v…

noun

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Usage examples:

Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

adjective

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

Usage examples:

The driver was a fat wheezing man

verb

Make or become fat.

Usage examples:

Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

adjective

(of a solid or a three-dimensional surface) more or less egg-shaped.

Usage examples:

Three flowerpots rest on an ovoid surface, perhaps a ceramic tray or table top whose legs have vani…

noun

An ovoid body or surface.

Usage examples:

And the ovoids, too small to hold the molecules needed to carry out the chemical reactions of life,…

adjective

Having the same shape as an egg, or of a similar shape

Usage examples:

The egg is ovoid and yellowish, with a thick shell., the ovoid seed pods burst when ripe., a melon …

adjective

Shaped like a pear

Usage examples:

A pear-shaped physique

adjective

Protruding; bulging.

Usage examples:

His protuberant eyes fluttered open

adjective

Sticking out

Usage examples:

He stared at me with blue, slightly protuberant eyes.

adjective

(of a person) large and plump.

Usage examples:

Her brother was slim where she was rotund

adjective

Rounded or fat

Usage examples:

A rotund piglet/man

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

adjective

Shaped like a sphere.

Usage examples:

Spherical pearls

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

Usage examples:

The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

noun

A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.

Usage examples:

A huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket

adjective

(especially of a part of the body) swollen.

Usage examples:

A tumid belly