Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To gain weight.

    набира́ть весnabirátʹ ves

  2. (transitive)To increase the weight of.

  3. To train the body with a high-calorie diet and intense weightlifting in order to increase the overall mass of the body, especially the muscles.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I totally need to bulk up.

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  2. Tom bulked up after he started taking steroids.

    ruТом накачался после того, как начал принимать стероиды. — odexed

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  3. I want to keep bulking up my repertoire.

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  4. He's bulked up quite a bit since he's been going to the gym.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to gain weight:

Forms

bulks up, bulking up, bulked up, bulked up
Base formbulk up · to bulk up
3rd person singularbulks up
Present participlebulking up
Past simplebulked up
Past participlebulked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybulk up
he, she, itbulks up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbulked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bulked up
he, she, ithas bulked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bulk up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
increase muscle mass:hulk out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bulimiaB2bulkC1bulkheadbulkyC1bullB1
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