(1):
(v. i.) To bulge.
(2):
(v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
(3):
(n.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
(4):
(n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
(5):
(v. t.) To cause to bulge.
(6):
(n.) Bilge water.
(7):
(v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.