ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUCKET
From Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUCKET
PRESENT
Present
I bucket
you bucket
he/she/it buckets
we bucket
you bucket
they bucket
Present continuous
I am bucketing
you are bucketing
he/she/it is bucketing
we are bucketing
you are bucketing
they are bucketing
Present perfect
I have bucketed
you have bucketed
he/she/it has bucketed
we have bucketed
you have bucketed
they have bucketed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bucketing
you have been bucketing
he/she/it has been bucketing
we have been bucketing
you have been bucketing
they have been bucketing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I bucketed
you bucketed
he/she/it bucketed
we bucketed
you bucketed
they bucketed
Past continuous
I was bucketing
you were bucketing
he/she/it was bucketing
we were bucketing
you were bucketing
they were bucketing
Past perfect
I had bucketed
you had bucketed
he/she/it had bucketed
we had bucketed
you had bucketed
they had bucketed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bucketing
you had been bucketing
he/she/it had been bucketing
we had been bucketing
you had been bucketing
they had been bucketing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bucket
you will bucket
he/she/it will bucket
we will bucket
you will bucket
they will bucket
Future continuous
I will be bucketing
you will be bucketing
he/she/it will be bucketing
we will be bucketing
you will be bucketing
they will be bucketing
Future perfect
I will have bucketed
you will have bucketed
he/she/it will have bucketed
we will have bucketed
you will have bucketed
they will have bucketed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bucketing
you will have been bucketing
he/she/it will have been bucketing
we will have been bucketing
you will have been bucketing
they will have been bucketing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bucket
you would bucket
he/she/it would bucket
we would bucket
you would bucket
they would bucket
Conditional continuous
I would be bucketing
you would be bucketing
he/she/it would be bucketing
we would be bucketing
you would be bucketing
they would be bucketing
Conditional perfect
I would have bucket
you would have bucket
he/she/it would have bucket
we would have bucket
you would have bucket
they would have bucket
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bucketing
you would have been bucketing
he/she/it would have been bucketing
we would have been bucketing
you would have been bucketing
they would have been bucketing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bucket
we let´s bucket
you bucket
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
bucketing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «BUCKET»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
bucket.
I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.
You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.
I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.
The thematic bucket of vomit that I've been chained to since I was about 9 is the moral complexity of anti-heroism. I have always been interested in good people who do bad things for understandable reasons.
It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room.
My way of discovering of what I like was to create a restaurant list and eat my way through it, and I call it my 'inner fat girl bucket list.'
We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family.
The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few who have groaned their way through to a competence, but in proportion to that overwhelming number of souls who carry cheer through life, they are as nothing - mere drops in the bucket.
Something I didn't even know was on my bucket list has been achieved. I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner with Martha Stewart. I vow to follow the gospel of her teachings and do my very best in the remarkably less glamorous kitchen of my own home... without the luxury of magically appearing prep bowls filled by a staff of sous chefs.
Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUCKET»
Discover the use of
bucket in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bucket and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Full is Your
Bucket?: Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Through the story of a little boy named Felix, this charming book explains to children how being kind not only helps others, it helps them, too. Illustrations.
Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton, 2004
2
Have You Filled a
Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness ...
Uses the metaphor of a bucket filled with good feelings show how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love on a daily basis.
3
Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth
Bucket's Book of Ettiquette ...
I am, as Mrs. Councillor Nugent will tell you, a giving person. When I see people behaving incorrectly, I give them advice. I let them learn from my experience. After all, that's what friends are for.
Not a computer game, not new trainers, not a new bike, but a bucket. Inside it, he can see all kinds of magnificent sea creatures. Billy's bucket is special. 'You must NEVER ever borrow my bucket!" he warns his Mum and Dad.
Who will win the tug of war? "Two Tears in a Bucket" is a soulful novel that reminds us how powerful and lasting the bonds of love can be, even among the harsh realities of life.
6
Mach's Principle: From Newton's
Bucket to Quantum Gravity
Includes commentaries on papers and discussion between contributors. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Julian B. Barbour, Herbert Pfister, 1995
7
Fill a
Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for the Young Children
Fill a Bucket is the perfect gift for anyone with little ones they love. When children have their buckets filled and learn how they can fill other people's buckets too, they understand how special, valuable, and capable they are.
Carol McCloud, Katherine Ann Martin, 2009
8
Growing Up With a
Bucket Full of Happiness: Three Rules for ...
Uses the metaphor of a bucket filled with good feelings to show how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love on a daily basis.
Sally is at the beach playing with her bucket, until it gets swept out to sea.
10
A drop in a
bucket: the Mount Margaret story
Reprint of a history of the Mt Margaret Aboriginal Mission in Western Australia from 1921 to 1953.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUCKET»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bucket is used in the context of the following news items.
Houseworks: There's nothing like a good, old bucket
And in the little tool shed behind the shop, where I keep hoes and shovels and rakes so they'll be handy to the garden, is a five-gallon bucket ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»
Georgia woman adopts dying dog, plans bucket list adventure
“I am wanting to do a sort of bucket list for Sweet Chester and give him an awesome final ride,” Elliot wrote on Facebook. “I am open to ... «WGN-TV, Jul 15»
Authorities say man was stabbed multiple times by woman who stole …
On Friday, police say she stole a bucket truck from a Lexington gas station. In that case, she was charged with second-degree wanton ... «WKYT, Jul 15»
5 things to know today: Woman takes dying dog on bucket-list …
Woman adopts dying dog, takes him on bucket-list adventure: A terminally ill shelter dog is taking his very own bucket-list adventure thanks to ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
Share “Stillwater woman checks last item off her...”
STILLWATER — An 83-year-old Stillwater woman has checked the last item off her bucket list, with the help of Oklahoma State University's ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
'The Boomtown Bucket List' Provides Ideas for Entertainment in …
... things to do in Williston,'" Marjerison said. In his book, "The Boomtown Bucket List," Marjerison outlines 100 different things to do in the area. «KFYR-TV, Jul 15»
Moon: Blue Dot, mullet on Pensacola bucket list
First off, I'd like to apologize to the nice woman who discovered that I was not, in fact, a member of Vanilla Fudge. She checked on Wikipedia ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»
Group photo with councillors is another tick for bucket list
IT WASN'T quite skydiving but Mary-Ann Smith ticked something off her bucket list this morning - a photo with the Gladstone Regional ... «Gladstone Observer, Jul 15»
Toddler Dies From Wash Bucket Accident
(ABC 6 NEWS) - The 1-year-old boy that nearly drowned in a wash bucket in late June, has passed away according to his CaringBridge page. «KAALtv.com, Jul 15»
Oregon fish biologist rescues tiny fry stranded by drought
He plops them into a 5-gallon bucket for a 2-mile truck ride downstream and release into the Rogue River, the summer rearing refuge they've ... «East Oregonian, Jul 15»