bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bulk

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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:]