Meaning & use
bilges
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The lowest parts of the interior of a ship's hull, where water collects, or the water that collects there.
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The crew pumped the bilges after the storm forced seawater through a leaky seam.
A foul smell rose from the bilges of the old fishing trawler.
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Also used as a verb, 'to bilge,' meaning for a ship's hull to crack or spring a leak at the bottom.
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