"bulken" meaning in All languages combined

See bulken on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: bulkens [present, singular, third-person], bulkening [participle, present], bulkened [participle, past], bulkened [past]
Etymology: From bulk + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|bulk|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} bulk + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bulken (third-person singular simple present bulkens, present participle bulkening, simple past and past participle bulkened)
  1. (intransitive) To put on bulk; become bulky Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

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    {
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Ken Catran, Tomorrow the Dark, page 186:",
          "text": "Through the gaps, moonlight bulkened into a ghastly squatting outline.",
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        }
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        "To put on bulk; become bulky"
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          "bulk",
          "bulk"
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        [
          "bulky",
          "bulky"
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To put on bulk; become bulky"
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulkens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bulkening",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "bulk",
          "bulk"
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        "(intransitive) To put on bulk; become bulky"
      ],
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