bulks up

Packs on mass

To bulk up is to gain mass, especially muscle through exercise and diet: He's been bulking up for football season.

The phrase can describe any increase in size or volume: The company bulked up its workforce before the holidays.

Sometimes used of padding or filling out: She bulked up the essay with unnecessary quotations.

Related

mass gainer · anabolic steroids · gains · swole · scaling · aggregation · strength conditioning · amplification · gym · bodybuilder · pumping iron · layering · powerlifting · heavy lifting · resource allocation

Opposites
body mass change

bulks upslims down

Becomes thinner

wastes away · withers · diets · fasts · cuts

muscle and size

bulks upatrophies

Diminishes from neglect

deflates · diminishes · dwindles · weakens · deteriorates

quantity/volume increase (non-body)

bulks upslims down

Becomes thinner

shrinks · reduces · trims · cuts down · contracts

Family

bulk, bulks, bulked, bulking, bulky, bulkier, bulkiest, bulkiness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G