Peck vs. Bushel

Peckverb

To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.

Peckverb

(transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Peckverb

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

Peckverb

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

Peckverb

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Peckverb

To type by searching for each key individually.

Peckverb

(rare) To type in general.

Peckverb

To kiss briefly.

Peckverb

(regional) To throw.

Peckverb

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of teh flat of the foot.

Pecknoun

An act of striking with a beak.

Pecknoun

A small kiss.

Pecknoun

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

Pecknoun

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Pecknoun

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

Pecknoun

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Pecknoun

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

Peckverb

To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

Peckverb

Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

Peckverb

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; - often with up.

Peckverb

To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

Peckverb

To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

Peckverb

To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

Pecknoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Pecknoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

Pecknoun

a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

Peckverb

hit lightly with a picking motion

Peckverb

eat by pecking at, like a bird

Peckverb

kiss lightly

Peckverb

eat like a bird;

Peckverb

bother persistently with trivial complaints;

Peck

A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters.

Bushelnoun

(historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

Bushelnoun

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Bushelnoun

A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

Bushelnoun

(colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.

Bushelnoun

(UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. In the United States it is called a box.

Bushelverb

To mend or repair clothes.

Bushelnoun

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

Bushelnoun

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Bushelnoun

A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

Bushelnoun

A large indefinite quantity.

Bushelnoun

The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Bushelverb

To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments.

Bushelnoun

a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches

Bushelnoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks

Bushelnoun

a basket large enough to hold a bushel

Bushelverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

Bushel

A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of volume based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity.