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Butterfly

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Noun

1. butterfly

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

2. butterfly, butterfly stroke

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Verb

3. butterfly

flutter like a butterfly

4. butterfly

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

Example Sentences:
'butterflied shrimp'

5. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Example Sentences:
'The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries'
'My husband never flirts with other women'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Butterfly

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noun plural -flies
1. 
any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera that has a slender body with clubbed antennae and typically rests with the wings (which are often brightly coloured) closed over the back
Compare moth ▶ Related adjective: lepidopteran
2. 
a person who never settles with one group, interest, or occupation for long
3. 
a swimming stroke in which the arms are plunged forward together in large circular movements
4. business
the simultaneous purchase and sale of traded call options, at different exercise prices or with different expiry dates, on a stock exchange or commodity market

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Butterfly

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbutterˌflies
1. 
any of various families of lepidopteran insects active in the daytime, having a sucking mouthpart, slender body, ropelike, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually brightly colored, membranous wings
2. 
a person, esp. a woman, thought of as flitting about like a butterfly and being frivolous, fickle, etc.
3. 
a. 
butterfly stroke
b. 
a contest in which each contestant uses a butterfly stroke
adjective
4. 
resembling a butterfly, esp. in having parts that are spread out like wings
butterfly chair, butterfly table
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbutterˌflied or ˈbutterˌflying
5. 
to slice (a pork chop, shrimp, etc.) most of the way through and spread open before cooking

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Butterfly

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n.
1. Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, having four broad, usually colorful wings, and generally distinguished from the moths by having a slender body and knobbed antennae and being active during the day.
2. A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.
3. Sports
a. A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.
b. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
4. butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.
tr.v. but·ter·flied, but·ter·fly·ing, but·ter·flies
To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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