bucket
/ˈbʌkɪt/ verb C2- To place inside a bucket.
- To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets. · to bucket water
- To rain heavily. · It’s really bucketing down out there.
- To travel very quickly. · The boat is bucketing along.
- To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- To engage in an illegal practice where a broker confirms a client's trade order without actually executing it on the free market.
He/she/it buckets · Past bucketed · Past participle bucketed · -ing form bucketing
Verb forms
- Base form
- bucket
- He/she/it
- buckets
- Past
- bucketed
- Past participle
- bucketed
- -ing form
- bucketing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Yes,” she answered, “I melted her with a bucket of water.”
This made Dorothy so very angry that she picked up the bucket of water that stood near and dashed it over the Witch, wetting her from head to foot.
Seeing that she had really melted away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket of water and threw it over the mess.
The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free.
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