bulk up

prendre de la masse musculaire

Développer ses muscles et grossir en faisant de la musculation et en mangeant davantage.

En anglais simple : To make your body and muscles bigger by lifting weights and eating more.

• He wants to bulk up.
• She bulked up during months of weight training.
• Are you eating enough protein to bulk up?

Comment l'utiliser : bulk up by doing something (He bulked up by lifting weights and eating more.)

Synonymes : build muscle

Contraires : slim down

Expressions courantes : bulk up fast, bulk up with weights

prendre du poids

Devenir plus lourd ou plus gros.

En anglais simple : To become heavier or bigger.

• The young bear began to bulk up.
• He bulked up after eating more each day.
• The animals need to bulk up before winter.

Synonymes : gain weight, put on weight

Contraires : slim down

Expressions courantes : bulk up gradually, bulk up for winter

augmenter le volume de, alourdir

Ajouter de la matière pour rendre quelque chose plus gros ou plus lourd.

En anglais simple : To make something heavier or larger by adding more material.

• Beans bulk up the meal.
• She bulked the soup up with potatoes.
• We used extra padding to bulk up the costume.

Comment l'utiliser : bulk something up with something (You can bulk the mixture up with oats.)

Synonymes : make heavier, enlarge

Expressions courantes : bulk up something, bulk up a meal, bulk up soup