| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Bilge.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb bilge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bilge) | 1. Cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel".[Wordnet]. 2. Take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged".[Wordnet]. 3. To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.[Websters]. 4. To bulge.[Websters]. 5. To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).[Websters]. 6. To cause to bulge.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: bilging, bilged, bilges, bilger, bilgers, bilgingly and bilgedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BILGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1820. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BILGED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Having a fracture in the bilge. This participle is often used, as if the verb were transitive; and perhaps it is sometimes so used.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of bilge. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bilge
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bilge free | (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Bilge keel | 1: (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under the bilges. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge; reduces rolling. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Bilge pump | 1: A pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A pump to remove bilgewater. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Bilge pump | A bilge pump is a pump to remove bilge water. (references) | ||
| Bilge water | 1: (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Bilge ways | The timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Bilge well | (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish director. Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1959. After graduating from Bogazici University with a BSc degree on Electrical Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years. His first short film Koza (Coccoon) was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He received many awards with his debut feature Kasaba (Small Town). His third feature Uzak (Distant) received many awards including the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize at Cannes, and was praised internationally. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bilge
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bilge hoop | Food & Agriculture | Hoop of a cask which is nearest to the bilge. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bilge of stave | Occupations | The difference in width between ends and middle of a barrel stave. (references) | |
| Bilge plank | Transportation | The lower internal part of the hull where the bilge water collects. in double bottom vessels the waterway formed by the margin plate and the curvature of the shell. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bilge pump | Food & Agriculture | Apparatus used to discharge overboard water which accumulates in the bottom of a vessel. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bilge Water | Administration | Water that collects and stagnates in the bilge or bottom-most areas of a ship. (references) | |
| Bilge Water | Literature | Filthy drainings. The bilge is the lowest part of a ship, and, as the rain or sea-water which trickles down to this part is hard to get at, it is apt to become foul and very offensive. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Bilge water (taste or odor) | Food & Agriculture | Disagreeable taste or odor recalling that of stagnant water. Imparted to wine by casks which have not been properly drained and contain stagnant water. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: bilge | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bilge Umar | 6 | Bilge Ebiri | 4 | |
| Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 6 | Bilge Kösebalaban | 4 | |
| Gazanfer Bilge | 6 | Bilge keel | 4 | |
| Bilge keel | 4 | Bilge Khan | 4 | |
| Bilge Khan | 4 | Bilge pump | 3 | |
| Bilge Ebiri | 4 | Bilge Umar | 6 | |
| Bilge Kösebalaban | 4 | Gazanfer Bilge | 6 | |
| Bilge pump | 3 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
