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butterfly

/ butterfly /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
Type of:
swimming stroke
noun Sense 2
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
Type of:
lepidopterous insect lepidopteron lepidopteran
Kinds of:
nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly ringlet
verb Sense 3
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
"butterflied shrimp"
Type of:
unfold spread spread out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
verb Sense 4
flutter like a butterfly
Type of:
flit flutter fleet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"
"My husband never flirts with other women"
Type of:
talk speak
Kinds of:
wanton vamp
Derived:
wolf woman chaser skirt chaser masher love story
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
81%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

swimming stroke lepidopterous insect lepidopteron lepidopteran nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly ringlet unfold spread spread out