bulken
English
Etymology
From bulk + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb
bulken (third-person singular simple present bulkens, present participle bulkening, simple past and past participle bulkened)
- (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.
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Usage notes
- Usually used with up: e.g. to bulken up