Word Finder - buckets

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A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

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I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

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The amount held in this container.

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The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

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A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

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Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

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An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

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The basket.

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The forward drove to the bucket.

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A field goal.

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We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

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(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

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A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

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(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.

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I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.

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A bucket bag.

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The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

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The pitcher in certain orchids.

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To place inside a bucket.

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To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

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to bucket water

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To rain heavily.

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It’s really bucketing down out there.

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To travel very quickly.

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The boat is bucketing along.

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To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

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To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

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To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

Water may be raised from mines by buckets, tanks or pumps.

Wooden or steel buckets, holding from 35 to 200 gallons, are employed only for temporary or auxiliary service or for small quantities of water in shallow shafts.

Inside the barn, Carmen filled two buckets with warm water and heaved them out of the sink.

I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well.

Small boys love plunging red-hot iron into buckets of water to temper them.

They have organic approved seaweed products including milled seaweed meal, and seaweed mineral lick buckets, non organic, but approved by SOPA.

The UGC has a massive car park, lots of screens, big squashy seats and buckets of popcorn.

They would have to collect the water they need in buckets or water carriers from a temporary standpipe in the street.

I found it as moving as Highland Twins and I wept buckets.

When the first hydraulic excavators appeared they were relatively puny affairs with small buckets and a short reach.

In September 1703 the inhabitants of Wolverhampton purchased a fire engine and twenty-four buckets for the water.

To protect the candle light flames from the wind, use purchased luminaries or shiny metal buckets.

Monica brings Lizzie a couple of buckets to help make the grog.

They have organic approved seaweed products including milled seaweed products including milled seaweed meal, and seaweed mineral lick buckets, non organic, but approved by SOPA.

The edge of the saucer shaped object was thick and had vanes spaced about every foot, like buckets on a turbine wheel.

In the 17th century, flood water was lifted by chain pumps with tipping buckets, powered either by waterwheels or horse whims.

Deep ruts and "cradle-holes" were worn in the ice, as on terra firma, by the passage of the sleds over the same track, and the horses invariably ate their oats out of cakes of ice hollowed out like buckets.

At night we teetered out with buckets, Rushed the water down the slide 's length In one black stain.

So some may assume such aircraft to be the tramp steamers of the skies, conjuring up a picture of old aerial rust buckets.

Along the length of the upturned hull you can see the doors where the dredging buckets would have been deployed.

Everything, that is, except for a warped imagination and buckets of dice -- but you already have those, right?

This is great for creative people who will expand the definition of basket to include galvanized buckets, baby bathtubs, toy boxes and more to hold their gifts.

He'll also love playing in his very own sand box, complete with buckets, shovels, cars and trucks.

Buckets of water outside of your house are also potential water hazards, as well as pools, creeks, ponds, etc. You should place high fences around your pool area and put self-latching locks on the gates.

Finally, you can forgo the traditional basket for a variety of other items to fill with gifts, like buckets, boxes, wagons, and more.

Old buckets can be used as plant pots or discarded household items such as an old bath can make a good container for growing vegetables as well as being a talking point.

You'll be using this sink to hand wash clothes, fill and empty buckets, and do other household chores.

For a fun and yet stylish favor, try mini silver candle buckets.

Remember to double check the rules and regulations for beach use and bring small white buckets to fill with sand for anchoring the table legs, and you'll have a picture perfect seaside celebration.

It features the characters standing with paint buckets and easels, and is etched with the show's logo.

In these cases, Royal Caribbean offers a selection of special touches to add to your stateroom, from fresh flower bouquets to buckets of champagne and strawberries.

Reservoir - The storage container that holds the liquid nutrient solution, these are usually made from 5 gallon buckets or plastic storage bins.

It's a good idea to have three or four buckets of clean water so you're not constantly dumping and refilling a single bucket.

Splash around in bubbling geysers, water cannons and 1,000-gallon tipping water buckets.

Use water in any way possible, including extinguishing torches and filling empty buckets.

You can find buckets made in materials such as silver or crystal.

Plus the buckets can look nice and be a great part of the decorations as well.

Keep spit cups or buckets available for those wanting them, but don't be surprised if they are dry at the end of the evening.

Parents should remove all water from containers, such as pails and buckets, immediately after use.

Small children have drowned or almost drowned in bathtubs, toilets, industrial-size cleaning buckets, and washing machines.

Unsupervised young children are at risk around swimming pools, bathtubs, toilets, buckets, and natural bodies of water.

It's really not necessary to use buckets or shovels; the best method for creating a sandcastle is "hand stacking", which means piling up wet sand by hand.

Condensation empties through an exhaust hose so there are no buckets to empty.

It's common to find these candles in buckets, with the assumption that a large candle will dispense the fragrance better than a small one.

Buckets, soap and sponges are all you need to get started.

Simple tools are best, including buckets, spades, trowels, and sifting screens.

A young child can drown in only a few inches of water, which means toilets and cleaning buckets are potential hazards.

Cleaning buckets full of water should never be left unattended.

Most young children also enjoy digging in the sand, filling buckets, and pouring it out.

Cover the table in brown craft paper and set up buckets of crayons for scribbling.