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Bulk

noun

The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part. Synonym: majority. "The bulk of the work is finished" Antonym: minority.

The property of something that is great in magnitude. Synonyms: mass, volume. "He received a mass of correspondence" , "The volume of exports"

The property possessed by a large mass.

verb

(past & past part. bulked; pres. part. bulking)

Stick out or up.

Cause to bulge or swell outwards. Synonym: bulge.

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... degree above fever heat. A fact to which my attention was called by an intelligent Liberian—and which science may hereafter account for—that the nearer the approach to the equator, the more moderate is the heat. Has the sun the same effect upon the general bulk of the earth that it has upon particular locations—the greater the elevation the cooler—or is it because of the superior velocity of this part, that a current is kept up by its passage through the atmosphere surrounding it? It is a settled fact that the ...

— Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party • Martin Robinson Delany

... they belong to the county, for they are the last expiring protest of the Mendip chain against its final submergence in the sea. The Steep Holm, the nearer and more conspicuous of the two islets, 5 m. from the coast, is little better than a barren rock rearing its huge bulk precipitously, nearly 300 ft. above the waves. It is almost inaccessible, but has perhaps for this reason occasionally afforded an asylum to refugees from the mainland, although the statement that Gildas found security in this retreat appears to be an error. There still remain ...

— Somerset • G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade

... His services, therefore, cannot be relied upon continuously. From him, accordingly, we shall expect little but moral support. An occasional congratulatory telegram. Now and then a bright smile of approval. The bulk of the work will ...

— Psmith, Journalist • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... and serve their earth friends, although the recipients of their benefactions are unaware of the fact. There would be very much more of this kind of guidance from the unseen, if, instead of being frightened, or repellant in their mental attitude toward the spirits, the great bulk of people were prepared to accept such assistance from the other side as perfectly natural and ...

— Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers • Bhakta Vishita

... converse in tongues that would convey no meaning, but there was no mistaking the quick friendship that sprang up between the incongruous pair. Mado was the boy's slave from that moment, and Nazu looked up to the Martian with all of youth's admiration for his vast bulk ...

— Creatures of Vibration • Harl Vincent

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