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I can bulk up very fast. I can lift heavy weights because, like most people, I started off with heavy workouts. That's stayed in my muscle memory. I feel horrible when I feel my jeans are getting tight. Workouts peace me out.
Arjun Rampal

Meaning of "bulk up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BULK UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bulk up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bulk up in English.

WHAT DOES BULK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bulk up in the English dictionary

The definition of bulk up in the dictionary is to increase or cause to increase in size or importance.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BULK UP

PRESENT

Present
I bulk up
you bulk up
he/she/it bulks up
we bulk up
you bulk up
they bulk up
Present continuous
I am bulking up
you are bulking up
he/she/it is bulking up
we are bulking up
you are bulking up
they are bulking up
Present perfect
I have bulked up
you have bulked up
he/she/it has bulked up
we have bulked up
you have bulked up
they have bulked up
Present perfect continuous
I have been bulking up
you have been bulking up
he/she/it has been bulking up
we have been bulking up
you have been bulking up
they have been bulking up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bulked up
you bulked up
he/she/it bulked up
we bulked up
you bulked up
they bulked up
Past continuous
I was bulking up
you were bulking up
he/she/it was bulking up
we were bulking up
you were bulking up
they were bulking up
Past perfect
I had bulked up
you had bulked up
he/she/it had bulked up
we had bulked up
you had bulked up
they had bulked up
Past perfect continuous
I had been bulking up
you had been bulking up
he/she/it had been bulking up
we had been bulking up
you had been bulking up
they had been bulking up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bulk up
you will bulk up
he/she/it will bulk up
we will bulk up
you will bulk up
they will bulk up
Future continuous
I will be bulking up
you will be bulking up
he/she/it will be bulking up
we will be bulking up
you will be bulking up
they will be bulking up
Future perfect
I will have bulked up
you will have bulked up
he/she/it will have bulked up
we will have bulked up
you will have bulked up
they will have bulked up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bulking up
you will have been bulking up
he/she/it will have been bulking up
we will have been bulking up
you will have been bulking up
they will have been bulking up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bulk up
you would bulk up
he/she/it would bulk up
we would bulk up
you would bulk up
they would bulk up
Conditional continuous
I would be bulking up
you would be bulking up
he/she/it would be bulking up
we would be bulking up
you would be bulking up
they would be bulking up
Conditional perfect
I would have bulk up
you would have bulk up
he/she/it would have bulk up
we would have bulk up
you would have bulk up
they would have bulk up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bulking up
you would have been bulking up
he/she/it would have been bulking up
we would have been bulking up
you would have been bulking up
they would have been bulking up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bulk up
we let´s bulk up
you bulk up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bulk up
Past participle
bulked up
Present Participle
bulking up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULK UP

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bulk buying
bulk cargo
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bulk modulus
bulk purchasing
bulk transport
bulk-buy
bulk-buying
bulkage
bulker
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bulkier
bulkiest
bulkily
bulkiness
bulking
bulks
bulky

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULK UP

back up
break up
buck up
chalk up
clock up
cook up
crank up
fuck up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
pack up
rack up
rock up
shack up
speak up
talk up
think up
work up

Synonyms and antonyms of bulk up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bulk up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULK UP

Find out the translation of bulk up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bulk up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bulk up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

批量达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abultan
570 millions of speakers

English

bulk up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थोक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتناولن قدرا كبيرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

набухают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aumentar acima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাল্ক আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en vrac jusqu´à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pukal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bulk-up
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップバルク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이것은 벌크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Akeh munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số lượng lớn lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொத்தமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बल्क अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yığın yukarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irrobustirsi up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nabrać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набухають
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vrac în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συσσωρεύουν επάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grootmaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bulk upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bulk opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bulk up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULK UP»

The term «bulk up» is regularly used and occupies the 80.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULK UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bulk up

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2 QUOTES WITH «BULK UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bulk up.
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Jamie Dornan
I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.
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Arjun Rampal
I can bulk up very fast. I can lift heavy weights because, like most people, I started off with heavy workouts. That's stayed in my muscle memory. I feel horrible when I feel my jeans are getting tight. Workouts peace me out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULK UP»

Discover the use of bulk up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bulk up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bulk Up: Simple & Practical Ways to Effective Weight Lifting
Warming. Up. Perhaps the most important reason for the warm up sessions is to prepare the body for the upcoming strain of the muscles that the weight lifting exercise will bring on. When the body is physically ready to accommodate the strain ...
2
Clay Materials Used in Construction
During excavation, soils and rock are loosened and sometimes broken down resulting in an increase in volume and a decrease in density (bulk-up or swell). This increase in volume must be allowed for in determining the amount of plant ...
George M. Reeves, Ian Sims, J. C. Cripps, 2006
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Geotechnical Engineering
Only for very small works is manual labour sometimes a viable alternative. 26.2 Excavatability, Bulk-up and Shrinkage The relative ease with which a soil can be excavated is termed its excavatability. The resistance to excavation is governed ...
Sahashi K Gulhati Manoj Datta, 2005
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U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology:: Challenges ...
One key technical issue is reduction of the "bulk-up" period required for seed potatoes. Potatoes are grown from "seed pieces," and it takes 7 years, using conventional techniques, to produce enough seeds to sell to farmers, a process known ...
Office of International Affairs, Committee on Japan, National Research Council, 1992
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Paleo Diet for Athletes Guide: Paleo Meal Plans for ...
Eating to Bulk Up Ifyou're new to lifting, this is a term that you're going to be hearing frequently. All it means is that you're going to be eating more and training harder in order to build more muscle faster. That may sound simple, but it's not quite ...
Rockridge Press, 2013
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Second Edition with ...
T 175/7–65 Well, you'd bulk up a bundle o' [boughs] an' bring them out—bulk 'em up on the flake perhaps. T 148–65 They used to bring all their fish in [on the twentieth of] September—the salt fish, an' bulk it up in store. M 68–22 He always  ...
W.J. Kirwin, G. M. Story, J.D.A. Widdowson, 1990
7
Six Pack Abs: Learn How to have Six Pack Abs
You need to bulk up on protein and cut out the carbohydrates if you want to attain the perfect abs. This does not mean that you have to lose a lot of weight, but it does mean that you have to lose belly fat, which will get seriously in the way of ...
8
Get Perfect Abs:
You need to bulk up on protein and cut out the carbohydrates if you want to attain theperfect abs. Thisdoes not meanthat you have to lose a lot of weight, but it does meanthatyou have to lose belly fat, which will get seriously in the way of your ...
Mark Luther, 2014
9
How to Get Perfect Abs:
You need to bulk up on protein and cut out the carbohydrates if you want to attain theperfect abs. Thisdoes not meanthat you have to lose a lot of weight, but it does meanthatyou have to lose belly fat, which will get seriously in the way of your ...
Gavin Dingcong, 2014
10
Automation and environmental control in plant tissue culture
00.hr) for conifer SE research-scale protocol. Does not include induction and cryopreservation costs or planting losses. Materials costs, energy & overhead not included. Assumes 100.000 containerized plants produced Callus bulk-up. l.
Jenny Aitken-Christie, T. Kozai, M.A.L Smith, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bulk up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Health and fitness myths busted from morning sit-ups to carbs after …
Lifting weights is not going to bulk up those biceps and turn you into the local Arnold Schwarzenegger, try incorporating light weights into your ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Google's Waze Launches a Ridesharing Service in Israel
All of which points to a potential face-off between Uber and Google, with both companies looking to bulk up their services while making ... «Wired, Jul 15»
3
Dear Channing Tatum: Stop Doing This To Your Hair
Naturally, there are certain things you have to do to prepare to star in an action movie: bulk up, build your stamina, do weird things to your hair, ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»
4
When hackers get hacked
While the low costs enable certain countries to bulk up on malware for cheap, Soghoian believes it may hit closer to home: "What [it] means for ... «Marketplace.org, Jul 15»
5
Hungry Girl Trend Alert: Easy, Healthy Smoothies for Breakfast
Greens: Veggies are a great way to bulk up your smoothie's serving size for very few calories, and they add fiber. Plus, this is a smart way to ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
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Debunking The Greatest Gender Fitness Myths; Cardio Kills Men's …
“I don't believe you will bulk up by taking protein powder,” McDevitt said. “Bulking is an excess of calories, period. If you increase your workout ... «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
7
Sherwood center offerings bulk up
Exercise mats and medicine balls are also being added, she said, targeting female patrons who want to gain "lean muscle and not to bulk up.". «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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Hearts youngster Sam Nicholson in bid to bulk up ahead of …
Hearts starlet Sam Nicholson admits he has been on a summer mission to bulk up in a bid to survive in the land of the giants. The 20-year-old ... «Deadline News, Jul 15»
9
Cavendish ready to bulk up with more stage wins
UTRECHT, Netherlands (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish's daughter thinks he looks skinny but the Manx Missile will be hoping to bulk up on Tour ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
10
Trail Blazers Bulk Up Frontline By Signing Ed Davis
The Portland Trailblazers are making an effort to bulk up their frontline. The team recently signed former Los Angeles Laker, Ed Davis, to a ... «GoLocalPDX, Jul 15»

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