bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bulk

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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:]