A bulb is the roundish, tear shaped part of some plants. If you plant a bulb, a flower will pop up. Bulb is also short for light bulb. Don’t try planting that kind, though, because lamps don't grow on trees.
To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Noun
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe"
Noun
electric lamp consisting of a glass bulb containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated
Noun
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
Noun
lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb'' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"
Noun
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
n.
A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below
the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a
cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a
stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs
from a corm in not being solid.
n.
A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain
bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
n.
An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb
of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical,
curved, etc.
v. i.
To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Bulb
To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Usage Examples
Left to ourselves, we might pick the wrong health insurance, the wrong mortgage, the wrong school for our kids why, unless they stop us, we might pick the wrong light bulb.
The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
This revolution, the information revoultion, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now?
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