1. [n]  a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
2. [n]  the quantity contained in a bucket
3. [v]  carry in a bucket
4. [v]  put into a bucket

1. \Buck"et\, n. [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.) 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]
   

2. \Buck"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Bucketing}.]
   1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket
      water.
   2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
   3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
   4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a
      certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
      [Eng.]
   

a vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).