bucket

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

buckets

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

bucket

past (v2)

bucketed

past participle (v3)

bucketed

present participle

bucketing

3rd person singular

buckets

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

   • I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

2. 2.The amount held in this container.

   • The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

3. 3.A large amount of liquid.(informal)

   • I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.

4. 4.A great deal of anything.(informal)

   • My new suit cost me buckets.
   • We had buckets of fun.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To rain heavily.(informal)

   • It’s really bucketing down out there.

2. 2.To travel very quickly.(informal)

   • The boat is bucketing along.

3. 3.To place inside a bucket.

4. 4.To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

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