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English Dictionary: bucket	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bucket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bucket n a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top [syn: bucket, pail] the quantity contained in a bucket Synonym(s): bucket, bucketful v put into a bucket carry in a bucket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucket \Buck"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucketing}.] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. 2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. 3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. 4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucket \Buck"et\, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. --Wordsworth. 2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc. 3. (Mach.) 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. 4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. {Fire bucket}, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. {To kick the bucket}, to die. [Low]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bucket a vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).