bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bulk out sth
Participle: bulked out sth
Gerund: bulking out sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bulk

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

Ibulked out sth
youbulked out sth
he;she;itbulked out sth
webulked out sth
youbulked out sth
theybulked out sth

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ibulked out sth
youbulked out sth
he;she;itbulked out sth
webulked out sth
youbulked out sth
theybulked out sth

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbulk out sth
weLet's bulk out sth
youbulk out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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:]