1. bilge - Noun
2. bilge - Verb
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
Bilge water.
To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
To bulge.
To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
To cause to bulge.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe tanker bilged Source: Internet
the collision bilged the vessel Source: Internet
A forklift driver was tipping a 22-foot center console fishing boat to drain water from the bilge before taking it to the service building. Source: Internet
Any water seeping into the tank's hull could be expelled by an internal bilge pump. Source: Internet
However, bilge water may be bailed out." Source: Internet
In the winter of 1897–1898 she was put in drydock where bilge keels were installed to improve her stability. Source: Internet