1.  bilge(n = noun.substance) bilge water - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship;
is a kind of h2o, water
Derived forms verb bilge₂, adjective bilgy₁

2.  bilge(n = noun.artifact) - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom;
is a kind of bottom, underside, undersurface
is a part of vessel, watercraft
has particulars: bilges
Derived form verb bilge₂

1.  bilge(v = verb.change) - cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"
is one way to damage
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  bilge(v = verb.change) take in water - take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged"
is one way to leak
Derived forms noun bilge₂, noun bilge₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

1.  The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. [1913 Webster]

2.  That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. [1913 Webster]

3.  Bilge water. [1913 Webster]

1.  To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge. [1913 Webster]

2.  To bulge. [1913 Webster]

1.  To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). [1913 Webster]

2.  To cause to bulge. [1913 Webster]

bilge, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the almost flat part of a ship's bottom, inside or out. b (in full bilge-water) filthy water that collects inside the bilge.
2 sl. nonsense; rot (don't talk bilge).
--v.
1 tr. stave in the bilge of (a ship).
2 intr. spring a leak in the bilge.
3 intr. swell out; bulge.

Idiom:
bilge-keel a plate or timber fastened under the bilge to prevent rolling.

Etymology:
prob. var. of BULGE

N  lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.

N  base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.

N  convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).

VB  open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.

bilge keel, bilge pump, bilge water, bilge well