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bulken

verb

Etymology

From bulk + -en (verbal suffix).

  1. derived from bouk — “belly, trunk”
  2. derived from *bʰelǵ-✻ — “beam, pile, prop”
  3. derived from *bulkô✻ — “beam, pile, heap”
  4. derived from búlki — “the freight or the cargo of a ship”
  5. inherited from bulk
  6. formed as bulken — “bulk + -en”

Definitions

  1. To put on bulk

    To put on bulk; become bulky

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

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