bilge

[ UK /bˈɪld‍ʒ/ ]
NOUN
  1. where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
  2. water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
VERB
  1. take in water at the bilge
    the tanker bilged
  2. cause to leak
    the collision bilged the vessel
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How To Use bilge In A Sentence

  • OOh gosh 20 whole cm women & children first, man the life boats, wind the winches & pump the bilges. Cheeseburger Gothic » This is why the Playboy Mansion sits atop a very high hill.
  • The Strategic Counsel is behind this bilious bilgewater? Catapulting the propaganda
  • However, water in the bilges, moving between the inner and outer skins as the ship rolled, did create a small amount of air movement in the lower deck cabins.
  • After 2000 dead soldiers, we can safely say your ideas suck bilgewater, mate. Think Progress » Bush to hold press conference
  • Bilge pumps in recreational boats are only intended to remove normal accumulations of bilge water and sea spray.
  • Three times a day the three of them sit down to eat at that table, in that floating house that smells of bilgewater and foot cream and baklava. Memory Wall
  • Blaming their own ignorance, they recount how in the past they would pump oil overboard or let oil collect in their boat's bilges.
  • It is the responsibility of the government that it bilged the boat of democracy.
  • Alien species such as the Mediterranean blue mussel have been introduced through ballast water, bilge water and mariculture operations. Benguela Current large marine ecosystem
  • The bilge pumps may have to run for hours and hours, just dealing with rain driven into a supposedly tight boat.
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