bilging

Taking on water

Bilging is the present participle of bilge, a nautical term.

The bilge is the lowest internal part of a ship's hull where water collects.

To bilge a vessel is to damage it below the waterline, causing it to take on water: The ship was bilged on the reef.

Bilging can also mean swelling outward like a ship's hull, or in slang, talking nonsense—from bilge as rubbish or worthless talk.

flooding

overflow

Exceed capacity and spill

inundateOverwhelm with excess
swampingOverwhelming with excess
pumpingForcing flow mechanically

bailing · awash · submersion · sinking · capsizing · foundering · engulf · saturate · deluge

nautical

hull

Outer covering or frame

keelHull's structural base
holdMaintain in grasp
ballastShip stability material

seacock · bulkhead · scupper · freeboard · waterline · draft · listing · trimming · compartment · sump

bulging

swelling

Abnormal tissue enlargement

distendedSwollen from pressure within
curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
bowedCurved or bent over

protruding · deformed · warped · buckled · expanded · convex · strained · stretched

Opposites

watertightness/seaworthiness

bilgingwatertight

Prevents liquid from passing

seaworthy · dry · leak-proof · sound · tight

water exposure/contact

bilginghigh and dry

Abandoned and helpless

landlocked · dry · beached · drydocked · grounded

academic/institutional outcome

bilgingpassing

Moving by or temporary

graduating · succeeding · excelling · making the grade · advancing

Family

waterlogged, bilge, bilge pump, bilges, bilgewater, bilged

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