Butterfly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
verb
- cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions (syn: coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance)
Extra examples
They competed in the butterfly.
Butterfly the chicken before roasting.
A butterfly flits from flower to flower.
Gwen's a real social butterfly.
A butterfly landed on the flower.
...her compendious knowledge of the monarch butterfly...
...one moment's hesitation on my part, and the elusive butterfly was lost to me forever...
...a butterfly expert with an inclusive knowledge of his subject...
The larva of a butterfly is called a caterpillar.
...the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly...
...transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board...
A butterfly comes from a chrysalis.
...assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin...
Word forms
singular: butterfly
plural: butterflies
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