butter
verb/ˈbʌtə(r)/
/ˈbʌtər/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they butter | /ˈbʌtə(r)/ /ˈbʌtər/ |
| he / she / it butters | /ˈbʌtəz/ /ˈbʌtərz/ |
| past simple buttered | /ˈbʌtəd/ /ˈbʌtərd/ |
| past participle buttered | /ˈbʌtəd/ /ˈbʌtərd/ |
| -ing form buttering | /ˈbʌtərɪŋ/ /ˈbʌtərɪŋ/ |
- butter something to spread butter on something
- She buttered four thick slices of bread.
- lightly buttered toast
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- generously
- thickly
- lightly
- …
Word OriginOld English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See butter in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryknow which side your bread is buttered
- (informal) to know where you can get an advantage for yourself
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