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bulk out

bulk out verb: to become thicker, fatter or more bulky.

Verb

bulk out (third-person singular simple present bulks out, present participle bulking out, simple past and past participle bulked out)

  1. (intransitive) To become thicker, fatter or more bulky.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be thicker, fatter or more bulky.
  3. (intransitive) To become more substantial
  4. (transitive) To cause to be more substantial; to add substance to.
    • The pet food was made from meat bulked out with rusk.

Forms of bulk out

third-person singular presentbulks out
present participlebulking out
past participlebulked out
pastbulked out

Questions about bulk out

What does bulk out mean?
Bulk out means to become thicker, fatter or more bulky.
What part of speech is bulk out?
Bulk out is a verb.
What is the past tense of bulk out?
The past tense of bulk out is bulked out.

Words near bulk out in the dictionary

  1. bulk eraser
  2. bulk erasers
  3. bulk large
  4. bulk liquid
  5. bulk liquids
  6. bulk out
  7. bulk supplies
  8. bulk supply
  9. bulk technologies
  10. bulk technology
  11. bulk up

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