bulken

English

Etymology

From bulk +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

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
   • 2002, Ken Catran, Tomorrow the Dark, page 186:

     Through the gaps, moonlight bulkened into a ghastly squatting outline.

Usage notes

• Usually used with up: e.g. to bulken up