bulk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bulk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bulk up sth
Participle: bulked up sth
Gerund: bulking 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 bulked up sth
youhave bulked up sth
he;she;ithas bulked up sth
wehave bulked up sth
youhave bulked up sth
theyhave bulked up sth

Past

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

Pluperfect

Ihad bulked up sth
youhad bulked up sth
he;she;ithad bulked up sth
wehad bulked up sth
youhad bulked up sth
theyhad bulked 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 bulked up sth
youwill have bulked up sth
he;she;itwill have bulked up sth
wewill have bulked up sth
youwill have bulked up sth
theywill have bulked 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 bulked up sth
youhave bulked up sth
he;she;ithave bulked up sth
wehave bulked up sth
youhave bulked up sth
theyhave bulked up sth

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

Ihad bulked up sth
youhad bulked up sth
he;she;ithad bulked up sth
wehad bulked up sth
youhad bulked up sth
theyhad bulked 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 bulked up sth
youwould have bulked up sth
he;she;itwould have bulked up sth
wewould have bulked up sth
youwould have bulked up sth
theywould have bulked up sth

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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