bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bulk
Participle: bulked
Gerund: bulking

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bulk

Indicative

Present

Ibulk
youbulk
he;she;itbulks
webulk
youbulk
theybulk

Perfect

Ihave bulked
youhave bulked
he;she;ithas bulked
wehave bulked
youhave bulked
theyhave bulked

Past

Ibulked
youbulked
he;she;itbulked
webulked
youbulked
theybulked

Pluperfect

Ihad bulked
youhad bulked
he;she;ithad bulked
wehad bulked
youhad bulked
theyhad bulked

Future

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

Future Perfect

Iwill have bulked
youwill have bulked
he;she;itwill have bulked
wewill have bulked
youwill have bulked
theywill have bulked

Subjunctive

Present

Ibulk
youbulk
he;she;itbulk
webulk
youbulk
theybulk

Perfect

Ihave bulked
youhave bulked
he;she;ithave bulked
wehave bulked
youhave bulked
theyhave bulked

Imperfect

Ibulked
youbulked
he;she;itbulked
webulked
youbulked
theybulked

Pluperfect

Ihad bulked
youhad bulked
he;she;ithad bulked
wehad bulked
youhad bulked
theyhad bulked

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

Iwould have bulked
youwould have bulked
he;she;itwould have bulked
wewould have bulked
youwould have bulked
theywould have bulked

Imperative

youbulk
weLet's bulk
youbulk

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bulking
youare bulking
he;she;itis bulking
weare bulking
youare bulking
theyare bulking

Perfect

Ihave been bulking
youhave been bulking
he;she;ithas been bulking
wehave been bulking
youhave been bulking
theyhave been bulking

Past

Iwas bulking
youwere bulking
he;she;itwas bulking
wewere bulking
youwere bulking
theywere bulking

Pluperfect

Ihad been bulking
youhad been bulking
he;she;ithad been bulking
wehad been bulking
youhad been bulking
theyhad been bulking

Future

Iwill be bulking
youwill be bulking
he;she;itwill be bulking
wewill be bulking
youwill be bulking
theywill be bulking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bulking
youwill have been bulking
he;she;itwill have been bulking
wewill have been bulking
youwill have been bulking
theywill have been bulking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bulking
youwould be bulking
he;she;itwould be bulking
wewould be bulking
youwould be bulking
theywould be bulking

Perfect

Iwould have been bulking
youwould have been bulking
he;she;itwould have been bulking
wewould have been bulking
youwould have been bulking
theywould have been bulking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bulk'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, 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:]