Bucket (Verb)
Meaning 1
Carry in a bucket.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She carefully bucketed the heavy amount of water down from the top floor so as not to spill any.
- The kids loved to bucket sand at the beach to build a tall castle.
- When the pipe burst the staff had to bucket water from the office to the nearby sink to empty the flooded area.
- Volunteers worked through the night bucketing away water and debris from the storm.
- Years ago residents would bucket water from wells and springs to fulfill their household needs.
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Meaning 2
Put into a bucket.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She decided to bucket her money into separate accounts for savings and expenses.
- The farmers began to bucket the fresh milk from the cows into large containers.
- On the hiking trip, they used a makeshift bucket to collect rainwater from the roof of their tent.
- The charity asked for donations of food and clothing, which were then bucketed into categories for distribution.
- At the local fair, people competed to see who could bucket the most water into a large barrel in under a minute.