bulk (up)

verb

Definition of bulk (up)next
as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulk (up)
  1. collect
  2. assemble
  3. gather
  4. round up
  5. accumulate
  6. corral
  7. group
  8. garner
Verb
  • Statistics collected by The Times from local government documents across Tibetan areas show similar numbers in boarding schools, with some areas notably higher than others.
    Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • As the water vapor rises, the salt is left behind, ensuring that only purified water is collected.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of collect
Verb
  • Lessons include how to plan a menu, her philosophy on assembling salads, and how to braise and slow cook large cuts of meat.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Then there’s the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design, a collection of art from around the world—including Spain, Morocco, Central Asia, India, and parts of Southeast Asia—that was assembled by Doris Duke over the course of 60 years.
    Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • Residents gathered around the intersection, frustrated there were no details about when they would be let in.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The oldest ice ever extracted from Antarctica was gathered in 2017 and dates back 2.7 million years.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of gather
Verb
  • Frantic, Heidi and her partner had begun rounding up their menagerie of 15 rescue cats, sweeping the house with flashlights since the power had gone out.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Below, Entertainment Weekly rounds up the 18 most shocking moments from Wednesday's part 1 of The Challenge: Battle of the Eras reunion.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of round up
Verb
  • In Mercer, Summers, and Western Greenbrier counties in West Virginia, a warning is in effect until 7 p.m. EST Saturday, with between 5 and 7 inches of snow expected, and in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia, up to 6 inches of snow is forecast to accumulate.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Temperatures in the Fort Worth area remain around freezing, and the precipitation could cause a small amount of additional ice to accumulate bridges and overpasses.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of accumulate
Verb
  • McDaniel, days removed from her best game of the season against Wisconsin, guard corralled a loose ball on defense then darted for the hoop but landed awkwardly after a missed layup on the final play of the opening frame.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But like so many of us who have been corralled by our bosses in the wake of remote work pushback and flimsy DEI pledges, their 9-to-5 iron grip is floundering.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of corral
Verb
  • While all of the development’s dwellings are single-family residences, they are grouped into pods of six, each sharing a courtyard and driveway.
    Caitlin Montoya, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Carlson is sometimes grouped with artists affiliated with Indigenous Futurisms, a term the Anishinaabe scholar Grace Dillon coined in 2003 to denote artists whose work offers a Native perspective on the future.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of group
Verb
  • Dùn Cana Sherry Quarter Cask Release Located just off the western coast of Scotland, the Isle of Raasay Distillery is less than a decade old, yet its spirits are garnering attention.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Stories of residents choosing to defend their homes from the flames by themselves — such as the 66-year-old man who died trying to keep his house from being burned by the Eaton fire with a garden hose — have also garnered national media attention.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of garner
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