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buck·et  (bkt)

n.

1.

a. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.

b. The amount that a bucket can hold: One bucket of paint will be enough for the ceiling.

2. A unit of dry measure in the U.S. Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters). See Table at measurement.

3. 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.

4. Basketball A basket.

v. buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing, buck·ets

v.tr.

1. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket: bucket up water from a well.

2. To ride (a horse) long and hard.

v.intr.

1. To move or proceed rapidly and jerkily: bucketing over the unpaved lane.

2. To make haste; hustle.

Idiom:

a drop in the bucket

An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.

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[Middle English, from Old French buket, of Germanic origin.]

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bucket

Noun

1. an open-topped cylindrical container with a handle

2. the amount a bucket will hold

3. a bucket-like part of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel

4. kick the bucket Slang to die

Verb

[-eting, -eted]

(often foll. by down)(of rain) to fall very heavily [Old English būc]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bucket - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top pail cannikin - a wooden bucket dinner bucket, dinner pail - a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner dredging bucket - a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed kibble - an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining slop jar, slop pail - a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) water wheel, waterwheel - a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine wine bucket, wine cooler - a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
	2.	bucket - the quantity contained in a bucket bucketful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb	1.	bucket - put into a bucket lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	2.	bucket - carry in a bucket carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

Translations

bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] n → cubo, balde m (esp LAM)

vi the rain is bucketing (down) (col) → está lloviendo a cántaros

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bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] n → seau m

vi (Brit) (inf);

the rain is bucketing (down) → il pleut à verse

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bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] n → Eimer m

vi (Brit) (inf);

the rain is bucketing (down) → es gießt or schüttet (wie aus Kübeln)

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace ist die offizielle Londoner Residenz der britischen Monarchen und liegt am St James Park. Der Palast wurde 1703 für den Herzog von Buckingham erbaut, 1762 von Georg III. gekauft, zwischen 1821 und 1836 von John Nash umgebaut und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts teilweise neu gestaltet. Teile des Buckingham Palace sind heute der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich.

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bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] n → secchio

vi (BRIT ) (col): the rain is bucketing (down) → piove a catinelle

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bucket

n bucket [ˈbakit]

a container for holding water, milk etc We carried water in buckets to the burning house. emmer سَطْل، دَلْو кофа kbelík, vědro spand der Eimer κουβάς cubo ämber سطل ämpäri seau דְלִי बाल्टी kabao vödör ember secchio バケツ 들통 kibiras spainis timba emmer bøtte, spann wiadro balde găleată ведро džber, vedro vedro kofa ämbar, spann, hink ถัง kova 水桶 відро بالٹی ، ڈول thùng; xô 水桶