bulk
To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extentTo appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
» I buy canned goods in bulk.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet
(transitive)To put or hold in bulk.
(obsolete, transitive)To add bulk to; to bulk out.
stick out or up
Examples
44 sentencesI buy canned goods in bulk.
You could save money by buying in bulk.
Discounts are available if you buy in bulk.
He finished the bulk of his work before dinner.
deEr stellte den Großteil seiner Arbeit vor dem Abendessen fertig. — Dani6187
If you buy in bulk, you can get a discount.
deEn gros bekommt man Kredit. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old NoFrom Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
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Forms
bulks, bulking, bulked, bulkedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- cause to bulge or swell outwards:bulge
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle