bilge

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But patching the leaky ones and installing a bilge pump will certainly help the floundering ones more.

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Quick take

water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bilge gathered in one view.

noun

water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

noun

where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

verb

cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bilge.

noun

water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

noun

where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

verb

cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"

verb

take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged"

Example sentences

But patching the leaky ones and installing a bilge pump will certainly help the floundering ones more.

I've never worked in an office with anything other than the worst bilge available for free....

Pristine, beautiful code, that forms part of a bad product, is like a soprano singing the most god-awful piece of bilge anyone has ever heard.

Even if it's only half as good as the book, it'll be a great movie, particularly when you compare it to the bilge that permeates cinemas these days.

One mistake is understandable, and sometimes forgivable, but you don't bilge it twice so cavalierly if you rank on the give-a-damn scale.

Since the listing is caused by water and failed bilge pumps, and since moving the oil seems to be politically contentious, is there no hope of option D pumping out the water and then repairing the bilge pumps?

* Wind-electric generators * Led * Solar Panels * Low voltage heaters..etcMany of the comments here about cooking fuels being heavier than air are correct about the danger- nothing that proper ducting and a bilge pump could not handle.