What is the meaning of BULK. Phrases containing BULK
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Blow one's bulkheads is British slang for to ejaculate.
Big and bulky is Australian rhyming slang for a horse−drawn carriage (sulky).
[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.
Phrs. Laughing. E.g."Sarah was in bulk all the way through the film." [Merseyside use]
(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
A merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo in its cargo holds. Also bulk freighter or bulker.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bulk
a.
Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.
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.
n.
Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
v. i.
To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
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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Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
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.
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Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
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.
The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
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.
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
v. i.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.
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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.
imp. & p. p.
of Bulk
n.
Greatness in bulk; size.
n.
The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
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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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Of great volume, or bulk; large.
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