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bulk

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bʌlk/

Verb

intransitive transitive obsolete

(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. / (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand. / (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.

Japanese Meaning

膨れる、ふくらむ - サイズが大きくなる、膨張する / 見た目や印象がより大きくなる - 体積または存在感が増すように見える / 食事や運動によって体重や筋肉量が増えて、体格が大きくなる

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At dawn, the distant islands bulk on the horizon, their outlines seeming to swell as the light grows.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夜明けに、遠くの島々が地平線にどっしりと姿を現し、光が強くなるにつれて輪郭が大きく見えてきた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.

The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.

Sense（3）

(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.

Coordinate term: cut

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.

Sense（5）

(transitive, obsolete) To add bulk to, to bulk out.

Some of the towne dwellers haue ſo large an opinion of their ſetled prouiſion, that if all her Maieſties fleet at once ſhould put into their bay, within twelue dayes warning with ſo much double beere, beefe, fiſh and bisket they would bulke them as they could wallow away with.

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bulks

（ present singular third-person ）

bulking

（ participle present ）

bulked

（ participle past ）

bulked

（ past ）

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