# bulking

Pronunciation: say "BULK-ing" /ˈbʌlkɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A period during which a person deliberately seeks to gain body weight.
   - Simple: A time when a person eats more on purpose to gain body weight.
   - _Many lifters plan a bulking over winter, then lose the extra fat in spring._
   - _Her bulking added twelve pounds before the season began._
3. The process by which something gains mass or becomes solid.
   - Simple: The process of becoming larger, thicker, or more solid.
   - _The bulking of the concrete continued for days as it hardened._
   - _Geologists studied the bulking of the soil during the long freeze._

## Verb

2. Present participle of bulk. — present participle and gerund of bulk
   - Simple: The -ing form of bulk. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The athlete is bulking steadily, adding muscle through the winter months._
   - _Editors complained that new regulations were bulking up the manual every year._

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