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bulken

bulken verb: to put on bulk; become bulky.

Verb

bulken (third-person singular simple present bulkens, present participle bulkening, simple past and past participle bulkened)

  1. (intransitive) To put on bulk; become bulky
    • Through the gaps, moonlight bulkened into a ghastly squatting outline.2002, Ken Catran, Tomorrow the Dark, page 186

Forms of bulken

third-person singular presentbulkens
present participlebulkening
past participlebulkened
pastbulkened

Origin of bulken

From bulk + -en (verbal suffix).

Questions about bulken

What does bulken mean?
Bulken means to put on bulk; become bulky.
What part of speech is bulken?
Bulken is a verb.
What is the past tense of bulken?
The past tense of bulken is bulkened.

Words near bulken in the dictionary

  1. bulked out
  2. bulked up
  3. Bulkeley
  4. Bulkeley and Ridley
  5. Bulkeleys
  6. bulken
  7. bulkened
  8. bulker
  9. bulkers
  10. bulkhead
  11. bulkhead line

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