What is the meaning of BULK. Phrases containing BULK
See meanings and uses of BULK!Slangs & AI meanings
Big and bulky is Australian rhyming slang for a horse−drawn carriage (sulky).
Blow one's bulkheads is British slang for to ejaculate.
(1)Adj. Very good. Also used with Mega: "That skirt is mega bulk." See Also: Way Cool, Totally Awesome, The Joint, Radical, Killer, Kickin', Gnarly, Excellent, Dope
Phrs. Laughing. E.g."Sarah was in bulk all the way through the film." [Merseyside use]
[adj.] very, as in "Didja see the new Smash Hits? The John Taylor page is bulk good." "like, gag me with a spoon" = gross, yuk. From Moon Unit Zappa's Valley Girl song.
A merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo in its cargo holds. Also bulk freighter or bulker.
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n.
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
a.
Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.
v.
To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
v. i.
To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
a.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
v. i.
To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
n.
The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
superl.
Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
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v. i.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.
n.
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
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Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
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Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
n. pl.
A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
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The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
n.
Greatness in bulk; size.
n.
A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
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