Analysis Complete

butcher

/ butcher /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
Type of:
skilled worker trained worker
Kinds of:
knacker
Derived:
slaughter
noun Sense 2
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
Type of:
murderer liquidator manslayer
noun Sense 3
a retailer of meat
Type of:
merchant merchandiser
Kinds of:
pork butcher
Derived:
slaughter
verb Sense 4
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
"They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
Type of:
kill
Kinds of:
chine
Derived:
slaughter slaughterer meatman abattoir butchery
Entails:
cut
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Type of:
incompetent incompetent person
Derived:
botch bumble fumble botch up muff
Semantic Complexity
50%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
15
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Related Words

skilled worker trained worker knacker murderer liquidator manslayer merchant merchandiser pork butcher kill chine incompetent