bulking

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Synonyms for bulking

verb appear, often imposingly

Antonyms for bulking

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., "a heap," earlier "ship's cargo" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse bulki "a heap; ship's cargo," thus "goods loaded loose" (perhaps literally "rolled-up load"), from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

Meaning extended by confusion with obsolete bouk "belly" (from Old English buc "body, belly," from Proto-Germanic *bukaz; see bucket), which led to sense of "size," first attested mid-15c.

Example Sentences for bulking

Ahead the northeast headland of the Isle of Sheppey was bulking large and near.

She fell to the ground, toppling sidewise, and bulking large.

Two rows of hills, shadowy, bulking in the darkness, stretched ahead on either side and the canyon lay between.

We like to see our friend moving across the scene he describes, but we dont want to see him bulking large in his own landscape.

A considerable number of the company were now employed in curing or bulking the late catch of pilchards.

Straight as an arrow, bulking large upon a little gray mare, he moved not the fraction of an inch with the question.

To tale off a summary of associated influences would crowd a bulking volume.

Slowly, they groped to him, great shadowy forms in wool and leather, bulking over Cappen like storm-gods.

They went through great chambers, dark and silent and bulking with dusty machines.

They were conspicuous and unusual as lawn decorations, bulking large beside a recumbent lawn mower, a rake and grass shears.