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Meaning of buckets

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

buckets

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

  2. The amount held in this container.

    Example: The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

  3. A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

  4. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

verb

Definitions

  1. To place inside a bucket.

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

    Example: to bucket water

  3. To rain heavily.

    Example: It’s really bucketing down out there.

  4. To travel very quickly.

    Example: The boat is bucketing along.