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butters down

butters down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butter down.

Meaning of butter down

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To butter (something) thoroughly; to add a substantial amount of butter to (something).

Questions about butters down

What is butters down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Butters down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butter down.

Words near butters down in the dictionary

  1. butternuts
  2. butteroil
  3. butteroils
  4. butterpop
  5. butters
  6. butters down
  7. butters one's bread on both sides
  8. butters out
  9. butters someone's biscuit
  10. butters the cony
  11. butters up

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