Bucket

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
  • n. The amount that a bucket can hold: One bucket of paint will be enough for the ceiling.
  • n. A unit of dry measure in the U.S. Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters). See Table at measurement.
  • n. A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material.
  • n. Basketball A basket.
  • v. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket: bucket up water from a well.
  • v. To ride (a horse) long and hard.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or proceed rapidly and jerkily: bucketing over the unpaved lane.
  • verb-intransitive. To make haste; hustle.
  • idiom. a drop in the bucket An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
  • n. The amount held in this container.
  • n. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket.
  • n. An old car that is not in good working order.
  • n. The basket.
  • n. A field goal.
  • n. A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
  • n. A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
  • v. To place inside a bucket.
  • v. (informal) To rain heavily.
  • v. (informal) To travel very quickly.
  • v. To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
  • n. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
  • n. One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
  • n. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
  • n. one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.
  • n. a bucketfull.
  • v. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
  • v. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
  • v. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
  • v. To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vessel for drawing up water, as from a well; a pail or open vessel of wood, leather, metal, or other material, for carrying water or other liquid.
  • n. A vane, float, or box on a water-wheel against which the water impinges, or into which it falls, in turning the wheel.
  • n. The scoop of a dredging-machine, a grain-elevator, etc.
  • n. The float of a paddle-wheel.
  • n. The piston of a lifting-pump.
  • n. As much as a bucket holds; half a bushel.
  • To dip up water with a bucket; use a bucket.
  • [In allusion to the rapid motion of a bucket in a well.] To move fast.
  • To pour water upon with a bucket.
  • n. A letter full of abuse.
  • n. A scoop or digger used for taking up loose material such as coal or ore, and often for digging under water.
  • n. In turbines and centrifugal pumps, the space between two adjacent vanes on the revolving wheel.
  • n. A beam or pole on which anything may be hung or carried.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  • v. put into a bucket
  • v. carry in a bucket
  • n. the quantity contained in a bucket
  • Verb Form
    bucketed    bucketing    buckets   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    position    pose    put    set    lay    place    transport    carry    containerful   
    Variant
    bucketfull   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bucketfull    drench    draw    drive    ride    scoop    kibble    float    piston    pail   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nantucket    Pawtucket   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pail    tub    bowl    cans    basket    pan    container    tray    jar    barrel