BULK UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

bulk (up)

verb

Definition of bulk (up)

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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Earlier this year, Johnson ordered Chicago police to collect evidence for possible felony charges against agents.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
After varying the ratios of grass to hay and corn, the milk was then collected to make Cantal cheese and analyzed both in labs and by a jury of consumer experts.

— Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of collect

Verb

The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The football players receive 60 minutes against a roster that is usually bigger, faster, stronger and assembled with exponentially more money.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

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Every autumn, as the bay freezes, hundreds of these bears gather around it before heading out across the ice, and thousands of tourists come to see them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
As my family gathered at my younger brother's apartment in downtown Philadelphia the next day, the mood was deeply heavy.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of gather

Verb

The images that sparked her into action – ICE’s rough treatment of people of color being rounded up, former DHS chief Kristi Noem posing in front of shirtless men in a Salvadoran prison – hit close to home.

— Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Netflix has once again rounded up a slate of high-profile actors for an original feature film, one that has, unsurprisingly, hit #1 on the service immediately.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of round up

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Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
The forces of destruction accumulated through the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulate

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Fix compared it to the Apollo mission, in which NASA corralled 20,000 companies and universities to make millions of parts to build a rocket none of them could have launched individually.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
The unusual encounter unfolded last week in Kirkland's Moss Bay neighborhood, where police were ultimately able to corral the wild animal before wildlife officials later returned it to its natural habitat.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of corral

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The Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution last week toward the start of a seven-hour meeting, in a unanimous, single vote that grouped together numerous ordinances.

— Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
From TikTok videos to front tables at indie bookshops and in countless newsletters, a group of seemingly ubiquitous novels are being grouped together like ingredients for a distinctive personality type.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of group

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Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Over the next few years in Indianapolis (2018-2022) and with the Arizona Cardinals (2023-2024), Adams’ rushing offenses finished outside the top 11 only once and garnered three top-five finishes.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of garner

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