bulking (up)

verb

present participle of bulk (up)
as in assembling
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 bulking (up)
  1. assembling
  2. collecting
  3. gathering
  4. rounding up
  5. accumulating
  6. amassing
  7. grouping
Verb
  • Recipe Tips for Sailor Sandwich Browning the pastrami and knockwurst before assembling the sandwich builds flavor and removes moisture from the meats, which helps keep the bread crisp.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • The company is now assembling the Starcloud-2 mission, a 450 kg satellite with 8 kW of power generation.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Some collectors are also looking beyond traditional categories of collecting and are interested in rare objects with a strong story behind them.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • One of the biggest challenges in robotics is collecting enough training data.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • The California Chamber of Commerce sponsored the measure and placed it on the ballot after a signature-gathering campaign.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • As beta-amyloid levels rise in the brain, tangles of proteins called tau begin gathering inside brain cells, causing neurons to collapse and die.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • In other environment news Federal officials are rounding up and relocating 450 wild horses in the Inyo National Forest, near Mono Lake.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The money comes from a $250 million trust fund set up by the Legislature to help cover the expenses incurred by law enforcement agencies working to meet a new state mandate to assist the federal government in rounding up and deporting immigrants.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of rounding up
Verb
  • The service payments to manage the debt are accumulating at speed.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • Morsa Images / Getty Images Evidence has been accumulating steadily for over a decade that arthroscopic knee surgery to shave torn, degenerative cartilage does not help more than physical therapy.
    — Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of accumulating
Verb
  • News of the discovery prompted community outrage on social media, with the Facebook post amassing more than 1,200 reactions and comments as of July 13.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
  • Drafted as a running back, Hawthorne served mainly as a backup, amassing 527 career rushing yards and seven touchdowns.
    — Jim Barnes July 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2026
Definition of amassing
Verb
  • For even better results, try hydrozoning, which involves grouping plants by their water needs.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026
  • But researchers like me are tackling the problem by studying mixtures that reflect real-world exposures and grouping chemicals with similar biological effects.
    — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Definition of grouping
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