bulk
/bʌlk/ verb C2- To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
- To grow in size; to swell or expand.
- To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
- To put or hold in bulk.
He/she/it bulks · Past bulked · Past participle bulked · -ing form bulking
Verb forms
- Base form
- bulk
- He/she/it
- bulks
- Past
- bulked
- Past participle
- bulked
- -ing form
- bulking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I have no doubt that he has twenty banking accounts; the bulk of his fortune abroad in the Deutsche Bank or the Crédit Lyonnais as likely as not.
On a quiet countryside, where all gossip is welcome, this weakness of the lady of the Manor House did not pass without remark, and it bulked larger upon people’s memory when the events arose which gave it a very special significance.
It has always bulked rather large in my estimate of the case.
Before us lay the dark bulk of the house, its serrated roof and bristling chimneys hard outlined against the silver-spangled sky.
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