bulken

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bulk +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) To put on bulk; become bulky
    • 2002, Ken Catran, Tomorrow the Dark, page 186:
      Through the gaps, moonlight bulkened into a ghastly squatting outline.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Usually used with up: e.g. to bulken up
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