nounπShareA 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."itemutensilutilitythingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe amount held in this container."The horse drank a whole bucket of water."amountutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA unit of measure equal to four gallons."The farmer needed two buckets of water to feed his chickens. "amountunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπSharePart of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container)."The Ferris wheel turned slowly, bringing the buckets with their passengers around for another rotation. "machineparttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn old vehicle that is not in good working order."My grandpa still drives his old buckets to the store every week, even though it makes a lot of noise. "vehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe basket."The forward drove to the bucket."utensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA field goal.""The basketball player scored two buckets in the last minute of the game." "sportachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.""The new budget system uses buckets to prevent department heads from spending excessively in one area and leaving others without funds." "businessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key."In the computer program's address book, all the names starting with "A" are stored in the same buckets because they share that initial letter as a key. "computingtechnologymathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid."I was so nervous that I sweated buckets."amountdrinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA bucket bag."She carried her lunch and a small notebook in a stylish leather buckets. "stylewearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted."The mounted soldier carefully placed the lance in its leather buckets. "vehiclemilitarypartutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe pitcher in certain orchids."The insect was trapped inside one of the orchid's colorful buckets. "plantpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo place inside a bucket."She buckets the sand into the red pail. "utensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets."to bucket water"utensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo rain heavily."Itβs really bucketing down out there."weatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo travel very quickly."The boat is bucketing along."actionvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items."The teacher buckled the student's homework assignments into buckets: one for math problems, one for English essays, and one for science projects. "computingbusinessstatisticstechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly."The jockey bucketed the exhausted horse in the final stretch, desperately trying to win the race. "actionanimalsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body."He bucketed the last shovelful of snow onto the growing pile, his back aching. "actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading