bulken

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verb

To put on bulk; become bulky

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Meanings

verbbulken (third-person singular simple present bulkens, present participle bulkening, simple past and past participle bulkened)

present singular third person bulkens · participle present bulkening · participle past bulkened · past bulkened

  1. intransitiveTo put on bulk; become bulky

    Through the gaps, moonlight bulkened into a ghastly squatting outline.

    2002, Ken Catran, Tomorrow the Dark, page 186

Origin

From bulk + -en (verbal suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

bulken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulken

MLA

“bulken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulken. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulken.

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