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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bucketbucket - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
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
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb1.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
Spanish bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] ncubo, balde m (esp LAM)
vi the rain is bucketing (down) (col) → está lloviendo a cántaros

French bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] nseau m
vi (Brit) (inf);
the rain is bucketing (down) → il pleut à verse

German bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] nEimer m
vi (Brit) (inf);
the rain is bucketing (down) → es gießt or schüttet (wie aus Kübeln)
Buckingham PalaceBuckingham 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.

Italian bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] nsecchio
vi (BRIT ) (col): the rain is bucketing (down) → piove a catinelle

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These last now hoist the bucket within grasp of the Indian, to whom another person has reached up a very long pole.
" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are.
The mouth of that mine goes right into the face of the cliff, and they used to put us in a bucket and run us over on a trolley and shoot us into the shaft.
 
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