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buttered

/ˈbʌtəɹd/

buttered is the simple past and past participle of butter.

Adjective

buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)

  1. Spread with butter.
    • hot buttered toast
  2. Of a turn, achieved by the buttering action.

Meaning of butter

Verb

butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered)

  1. (transitive) To spread butter on.
    • Butter the toast.
  2. 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.
    1. To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
  3. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.

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Forms of buttered

comparativemore buttered
superlativemost buttered

Words formed from buttered

Phrases with buttered

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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

  1. buttercup trees
  2. buttercuplike
  3. buttercupped
  4. buttercups
  5. butterdock
  6. buttered
  7. buttered beer
  8. buttered down
  9. buttered one's bread on both sides
  10. buttered out
  11. buttered someone's biscuit

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