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a.
Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
n.
Greatness in bulk; size.
v. i.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.
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.
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.
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.
n.
Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
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 appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
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The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
n.
The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
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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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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.
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Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.
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Of great volume, or bulk; large.
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Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
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.
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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