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See definition of bilged on Dictionary.com
  • as inbloat
  • as inbulge
  • as inprotuberate

synonyms for bilged

  • inflate
  • swell
  • balloon
  • belly
  • bilge
  • billow
  • dilate
  • distend
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • puff up
On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bilged, such as: inflate, swell, balloon, belly, bilge, and billow.

antonyms for bilged

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  • compress
  • contract
  • shrink
  • abridge
  • lessen
  • lower
  • reduce
  • deflate
  • shrivel
  • tighten
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How to use bilged in a sentence

About the same time Captain Purvis, while chasing a French ship, got his vessel on a ledge of rocks, where she was bilged.
HOW BRITANNIA CAME TO RULE THE WAVESW.H.G. KINGSTON
And further the Depon'ts say not; but that the said Pink is Bilged on shoare, so that it is impossible to get her off.
PRIVATEERING AND PIRACY IN THE COLONIAL PERIODVARIOUS
We cruised around the gulf a few days, and again stood for San Blass; running upon a reef we bilged our vessel.
TORREY'S NARRATIVEWILLIAM TORREY
Captain Stokes found the vessel lying on the rocks, bilged, and an utter wreck.
NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1826 AND 1836ROBERT FITZROY
The vessel was soon got off again, but she had bilged in the starboard coal-bunker.
NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS FROM 1840 TO 1843WILLIAM HUTCHEON HALL
As Smooth is a national Christian, he believes the timbers of the old ship tough and strong, or they had been bilged ere this.
THE ADVENTURES OF MY COUSIN SMOOTHTIMOTHY TEMPLETON
He cast another fond look at her as she lay bilged on the cruel rocks.
THE MISSING SHIPW. H. G. KINGSTON
This barrel trick is only performed when a boat is bilged and full of water.
ON YACHTS AND YACHT HANDLINGTHOMAS FLEMING DAY
In consequence of this our boats were frequently in imminent danger of being bilged on the rocks.
THE EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, VOLUME I (OF 3)ELLIOTT COUES
The second ship made no attempt to engage: her crew ran her ashore, and deserted, leaving her bilged in shallow water.
ON THE SPANISH MAINJOHN MASEFIELD
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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