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Resplenda Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of "bulk against"?

"The wind had raveled away the cloud cover over Sandia Mountain and its dark outline bulked against the stars on the eastern horizan."

What does "bulked against" mean here? If anyone could tell me please? I guess it means that the dark outline covered up the stars up on the sky, but I am not very sure about it.

Besides, the "its dark outline" is referred to the cloud's or the Sandia Mountain's?

Thanks heaps to whoever would like to help me out here.Emotion: smile
  

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"bulked against the stars" means something like "loomed large against the stars". The emphasis is not so much that it obscured the stars (though presumably it did obscure some), but more that the mountain looked bulky and massive and was in proximity to the stars in the night sky. "its dark outline" refers to the outline of the mountain.

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  • "bulked against the stars" means something like "loomed large against the stars".
  • The emphasis is not so much that it obscured the stars (though presumably it did obscure some), but more that the mountain looked bulky and massive and was in proximity to the stars in the night sky.
  • "its dark outline" refers to the outline of the mountain.
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"bulked against the stars" means something like "loomed large against the stars". The emphasis is not so much that it obscured the stars (though presumably it did obscure some), but more that the mountain looked bulky and massive and was in proximity to the stars in the night sky.

"its dark outline" refers to the outline of the mountain.
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Thank you very much Mr Wordy, now I get it.Emotion: big smile
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