BUTTERFLY

butterfly, butterfly stroke

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

butterfly

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

butterfly

(verb) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; “butterflied shrimp”

butterfly

(verb) flutter like a butterfly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

butterfly (plural butterflies)

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

(swimming) The butterfly stroke. [from 20th c.]

(in plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.

(now, rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• lep

Verb

butterfly (third-person singular simple present butterflies, present participle butterflying, simple past and past participle butterflied)

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

Anagrams

• flutterby

Source: Wiktionary

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But"ter*fly`, n.; pl. Butterflies. Etym: [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flege, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite.] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias.

– Butterfly fish (Zoöl.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard.

– Butterfly shell (Zoöl.), a shell of the genus Voluta.

– Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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