bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bulk up sth
Participle: bulkked up sth
Gerund: bulkking up sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bulk

Indicative

Present

Ibulk up sth
youbulk up sth
he;she;itbulks up sth
webulk up sth
youbulk up sth
theybulk up sth

Perfect

Ihave bulkked up sth
youhave bulkked up sth
he;she;ithas bulkked up sth
wehave bulkked up sth
youhave bulkked up sth
theyhave bulkked up sth

Past

Ibulkked up sth
youbulkked up sth
he;she;itbulkked up sth
webulkked up sth
youbulkked up sth
theybulkked up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bulkked up sth
youhad bulkked up sth
he;she;ithad bulkked up sth
wehad bulkked up sth
youhad bulkked up sth
theyhad bulkked up sth

Future

Iwill bulk up sth
youwill bulk up sth
he;she;itwill bulk up sth
wewill bulk up sth
youwill bulk up sth
theywill bulk up sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have bulkked up sth
youwill have bulkked up sth
he;she;itwill have bulkked up sth
wewill have bulkked up sth
youwill have bulkked up sth
theywill have bulkked up sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ibulk up sth
youbulk up sth
he;she;itbulk up sth
webulk up sth
youbulk up sth
theybulk up sth

Perfect

Ihave bulkked up sth
youhave bulkked up sth
he;she;ithave bulkked up sth
wehave bulkked up sth
youhave bulkked up sth
theyhave bulkked up sth

Imperfect

Ibulkked up sth
youbulkked up sth
he;she;itbulkked up sth
webulkked up sth
youbulkked up sth
theybulkked up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bulkked up sth
youhad bulkked up sth
he;she;ithad bulkked up sth
wehad bulkked up sth
youhad bulkked up sth
theyhad bulkked up sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould bulk up sth
youwould bulk up sth
he;she;itwould bulk up sth
wewould bulk up sth
youwould bulk up sth
theywould bulk up sth

Perfect

Iwould have bulkked up sth
youwould have bulkked up sth
he;she;itwould have bulkked up sth
wewould have bulkked up sth
youwould have bulkked up sth
theywould have bulkked up sth

Imperative

youbulk up sth
weLet's bulk up sth
youbulk up sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bulkking up sth
youare bulkking up sth
he;she;itis bulkking up sth
weare bulkking up sth
youare bulkking up sth
theyare bulkking up sth

Perfect

Ihave been bulkking up sth
youhave been bulkking up sth
he;she;ithas been bulkking up sth
wehave been bulkking up sth
youhave been bulkking up sth
theyhave been bulkking up sth

Past

Iwas bulkking up sth
youwere bulkking up sth
he;she;itwas bulkking up sth
wewere bulkking up sth
youwere bulkking up sth
theywere bulkking up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been bulkking up sth
youhad been bulkking up sth
he;she;ithad been bulkking up sth
wehad been bulkking up sth
youhad been bulkking up sth
theyhad been bulkking up sth

Future

Iwill be bulkking up sth
youwill be bulkking up sth
he;she;itwill be bulkking up sth
wewill be bulkking up sth
youwill be bulkking up sth
theywill be bulkking up sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bulkking up sth
youwill have been bulkking up sth
he;she;itwill have been bulkking up sth
wewill have been bulkking up sth
youwill have been bulkking up sth
theywill have been bulkking up sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bulkking up sth
youwould be bulkking up sth
he;she;itwould be bulkking up sth
wewould be bulkking up sth
youwould be bulkking up sth
theywould be bulkking up sth

Perfect

Iwould have been bulkking up sth
youwould have been bulkking up sth
he;she;itwould have been bulkking up sth
wewould have been bulkking up sth
youwould have been bulkking up sth
theywould have been bulkking up sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bulk'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bulk'

balk, baulk, belk, bilk, bolk, buck, bulb, bull, bunk, burk,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

enlarge
amplify, aggrandize, expand, bulge, grow, swell

Antonyms

enlarge
decrease, abridge, compress, condense

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1440, from O.N. bulki "a heap, ship's cargo," thus "goods loaded loose," perhaps lit. "rolled-up load," from P.Gmc. *bul-, from PIE *bhel- "to blow, swell." Meaning extended by confusion with obs. bouk "belly" (from O.E. buc, from P.Gmc. *bukaz, from PIE root meaning "to swell"), which led to sense of "size," first attested c.1449. Bulkhead (1496), however, is from O.N. balkr "beam, balk."
2. From 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”).
3. Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”). See: Icelandic 'búlkast'.

Sample Sentences

  • The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. [1878, Leslie Stephen, Samuel Johnson:]
  • Last, behold on Juss’s right hand, yon lord that bulks mighty as Hercules yet steppeth lightly as a heifer. [1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 6:]
  • 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. [1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6:]