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Synonyms for butterfly
ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪbut·ter·f·ly
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Wiktionary
butterflynoun
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lepbutterflynoun
To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
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lepbutterflynoun
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.
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lepbutterflynoun
The butterfly stroke.
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lepbutterflynoun
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
butterfly tape
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lep
Princeton's WordNet
butterflynoun
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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butterfly strokebutterfly, butterfly strokeverb
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
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butterfly strokebutterflyverb
flutter like a butterfly
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romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dallybutterflyverb
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
"butterflied shrimp"
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romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dallychat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
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flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
butterfly
Synonyms:
Butterfly rash, see there
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#516 | play | |
#608 | court | |
#2897 | toy | |
#3681 | romance | |
#4607 | tie | |
#7213 | butterfly | |
#11614 | squash | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#14388 | butterflies | |
#14637 | woo | |
#15427 | grind | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#18579 | flirt | |
#18732 | crunch | |
#20199 | moth | |
#20204 | mash | |
#21203 | bray | |
#21425 | solicit | |
#24643 | lep | |
#33092 | mariposa | |
#37302 | papillon | |
#48580 | trifle | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#81209 | dally | |
#81303 | coquette | |
#124580 | philander | |
#218314 | dawdle | |
#228775 | coquet |
How to use butterfly in a sentence?
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
The monarch butterfly is the most iconic butterfly in North America, with the butterfly rapidly disappearing, I am pleased to see The Fish and The Fish taking positive steps to reverse The Fish decline.
What the scientific monitor is showing is that there is an apparent recovery in the last two years, which is why this is good news, but the threats for the butterfly, for their migration continue.
The Skull Butterfly is a personalized display
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
Translations for butterfly
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- аԥарԥалыкьAbkhaz
- skoenlapperAfrikaans
- ቢራቢሮAmharic
- فراشةArabic
- кӏалкӏучӏAvaric
- kəpənəkAzerbaijani
- күбәләкBashkir
- матылёкBelarusian
- пеперу́даBulgarian
- dimagoBambara
- প্রজাপতিBengali
- ཕྱེ་ལེབ, ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབTibetan Standard
- balafennBreton
- papallona, babaiana, paloma, papalló, papaió, palometaCatalan, Valencian
- поллаChechen
- ababangChamorro
- motýlCzech
- pili-pala, iâr fach yr haf, glöyn bywWelsh
- sommerflue, skurvefugl, sommerfuglDanish
- Tagfalter, Schmetterling, Summervogl, FalterGerman
- ކޮކާDivehi
- dyekpakpaEwe
- πεταλούδαGreek
- papilioEsperanto
- mariposaSpanish
- liblikasEstonian
- pinpilinpauxa, pinpirin, tximeleta, inguma, marisorginBasque
- پروانه, شوپرکPersian
- palapala, pucharlar, bidilallah, lilldeh, bedelallahFula, Fulah, Pulaar, Pular
- perhonen, perhoslaastariFinnish
- bebeFijian
- firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglurFaroese
- papillonFrench
- flinterWestern Frisian
- féileacánIrish
- dearbadan-de, dealan-déScottish Gaelic
- bolboreta, volvoretaGalician
- panambiGuaraní
- ફૂદું, પતંગિયુંGujarati
- follican, folican, foillycanManx
- malam bu'de littafi, balebale, bude littafiHausa
- פרפרHebrew
- तितलीHindi
- pillangó, lepkeHungarian
- թիթեռArmenian
- papilionInterlingua
- kupu-kupu, rama-ramaIndonesian
- olookolombookaIgbo
- taqalukisaqInupiaq
- fiðrildiIcelandic
- farfallaItalian
- פַּרְפַּרHebrew
- 蝶, 蝴蝶, 蝶々, バタフライ, チョウJapanese
- kupuJavanese
- პეპელაGeorgian
- kihurutaKikuyu, Gikuyu
- onangaKwanyama, Kuanyama
- елбелек, кёбелекKazakh
- មេអំបៅKhmer
- ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ, ಹಾತೆKannada
- 나비Korean
- sepirek, pirpirok, پهپوله, pelatînk, pepûleKurdish
- tykki-Dyw, tegenn DywCornish
- көпөлөкKyrgyz
- pāpiliō, papilionemLatin
- Päiperlék, Mëllerchen, MillermolerLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mpornboli, kipouzalaLingala
- ແມງກະເບື້ອLao
- drugys, drugelis, peteliškėLithuanian
- taurenisLatvian
- loloMalagasy
- pūrerehua, pepeke, pēpepeMāori
- пеперуга, пеперуткаMacedonian
- പൂമ്പാറ്റ, ചിത്രശലഭംMalayalam
- эрвээхэйMongolian
- फुलपाखरुMarathi
- kupu-kupu, rama-ramaMalay
- farfettMaltese
- လိပ်ပြာBurmese
- पुतलीNepali
- vlinderDutch
- fivrelde, sommerfuglNorwegian
- kʼaalógiiNavajo, Navaho
- parpalhòl, parpalhòc, parpalhonOccitan
- memengwaaOjibwe, Ojibwa
- billaachaOromo
- гӕлӕбуOssetian, Ossetic
- ਤਿੱਤਲੀPanjabi, Punjabi
- motylPolish
- borboletaPortuguese
- pillpintuQuechua
- spler, tgiralla, tschittaRomansh
- flutureRomanian
- моты́ль, ба́бочка, мотылёкRussian
- ikinyugunyuguKinyarwanda
- शलभ, पतंगमSanskrit
- mariavolavolaSardinian
- ле̏птӣр, lȅptīrSerbo-Croatian
- motýľSlovak
- metuljSlovene
- pepeSamoan
- shavishaviShona
- balanbaalisSomali
- fluturAlbanian
- luvivaneSwati
- sororomele, serurubeleSouthern Sotho
- fjärilSwedish
- kipepeoSwahili
- பட்டாம்பூச்சி, வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சிTamil
- సీతాకోక చిలుక, సీతాకోకచిలుకTelugu
- шабпара, шапалакTajik
- ผีเสื้อThai
- ጽምብላሊዕTigrinya
- kebelekTurkmen
- mariposa, paruparoTagalog
- serurubeleTswana
- kelebekTurkish
- phapharatiTsonga
- күбәләкTatar
- afafrantoTwi
- pūrehua, pepeTahitian
- كېپىنەكUyghur, Uighur
- мете́ликUkrainian
- تتلی, تیتلیUrdu
- kapalakUzbek
- bươm bướm, hồ điệpVietnamese
- hipab, hipabül, jipabül, pabalarvat, pab, jipab, pabülVolapük
- lëpp-lëpp biWolof
- ibhabhathaneXhosa
- פֿלאַטערל, זומער־פֿייגעלע, פלאַטערלYiddish
- labalábáYoruba
- 蝴Chinese
- i(li)twabitwabi, iveveshane, i(lu)vemvane, i(li)jubajubane, uvemvaneZulu
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