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Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

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  1. n. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
  2. n. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
  3. n. The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
  4. n. The body.
  5. v. i. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
  6. v. A projecting part of a building.
  7. n. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
  8. n. the property of something that is great in magnitude
  9. n. the property possessed by a large mass
  10. v. stick out or up
  11. v. cause to bulge or swell outwards
  12. v. to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet