buttered
/ˈbʌtəɹd/
buttered is the simple past and past participle of butter.
Adjective
buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)
Meaning of butter
Verb
butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered)
- To spread butter on.
- Butter the toast.
- To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
- To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
- To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
Forms of buttered
| comparative | more buttered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most buttered |
Words formed from buttered
Phrases with buttered
- buttered up
- buttered out
- back buttered
- buttered down
- nose buttered
- peanut buttered
- buttered the cony
- hot buttered rums
- buttered someone's biscuit
- had one's bread buttered for life
- has one's bread buttered for life
- buttered one's bread on both sides
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- have one's bread buttered for life
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Questions about buttered
- What does buttered mean?
- Buttered means spread with butter.
- What is buttered the simple past and past participle of?
- Buttered is the simple past and past participle of butter.
- What part of speech is buttered?
- Buttered is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce buttered?
- Buttered is pronounced /ˈbʌtəɹd/.
Words near buttered in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: buttered (page history and authors); butter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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