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Noun bulk has 3 senses

majority, bulk - the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
--₁ is a kind of number, figure
bulk, mass, volume - the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
--₂ is a kind of magnitude
--₂ has particulars: dollar volume, turnover
bulk - the property possessed by a large mass
--₃ is a kind of mass

Verb bulk has 2 senses

bulk - stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack"
--₁ is one way to bulge, pouch, protrude
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
bulge, bulk - cause to bulge or swell outwards
--₂ is one way to swell
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something