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BULK LARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bulk large mean? 

BULK LARGE (verb)
  The verb BULK LARGE has 1 sense:

1. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacingplay

  Familiarity information: BULK LARGE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BULK LARGE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

brood; bulk large; hover; loom

Context example:

The terrible vision brooded over her all day long

Hypernyms (to "bulk large" is one way to...):

hang (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bulk large"):

dominate; eclipse; overshadow (be greater in significance than)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP


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