Meaning of "bucket" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUCKET

From Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BUCKET

bucket  [ˈbʌkɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUCKET

Bucket is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bucket in English.

WHAT DOES BUCKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bucket

A bucket or pail is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. A common volume is 10 liters.

Definition of bucket in the English dictionary

The first definition of bucket in the dictionary is an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail. Other definition of bucket is Also called: bucketful. the amount a bucket will hold. Bucket is also any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel.

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

Infinitive

to bucket

Past participle

bucketed

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.

SYNONYMS OF «BUCKET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bucket» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bucket

container · loads · pail · pitcher · scuttle · torrent

TRANSLATION OF BUCKET

Find out the translation of bucket to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bucket from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bucket» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 桶
• Translator English - Spanish: cubo
• English: bucket
• Translator English - Hindi: बाल्टी
• Translator English - Arabic: دَلْو
• Translator English - Russian: ведро
• Translator English - Portuguese: balde
• Translator English - Bengali: বালতি
• Translator English - French: seau
• Translator English - Malay: Baldi
• Translator English - German: Eimer
• Translator English - Japanese: バケツ
• Translator English - Korean: 버킷
• Translator English - Javanese: Ember
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xô
• Translator English - Tamil: வாளி
• Translator English - Marathi: बादली
• Translator English - Turkish: Kova
• Translator English - Italian: secchio
• Translator English - Polish: wiadro
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відро
• Translator English - Romanian: găleată
• Translator English - Greek: κουβάς
• Translator English - Afrikaans: emmer
• Translator English - Swedish: hink
• Translator English - Norwegian: bøtte

10 QUOTES WITH «BUCKET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bucket.

1

Morena Baccarin

I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.

2

Bill Cartwright

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.

3

Lily Collins

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.

4

Neil Cross

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.

5

Danny DeVito

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.

6

Nina Dobrev

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.'

7

Haylie Duff

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.

8

Douglas Fairbanks

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.

9

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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.

10

Sam Walter Foss

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.

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

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.

Carol McCloud, 2007

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.

Roy Clarke, 1994

Billy's Bucket

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.

Kes Gray, 2004

Two Tears in a Bucket

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.

Traci Bee, 2011

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

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

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.

Carol McCloud, 2010

Sally's Red Bucket

Sally is at the beach playing with her bucket, until it gets swept out to sea.

Beverley Randell, 1994

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.

Margaret Morgan, 1986

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»