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buckets
plural of bucket
buckets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
• bestuck
Source: Wiktionary
Buck"et, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States