Past tense of butter
regular verb
The past tense of butter is buttered. The past participle is also buttered.
Forms of butter
| Base form (V1) | butter /ˈbʌtəɹ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | buttered /ˈbʌtəɹd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | buttered /ˈbʌtəɹd/ |
| Present participle | buttering |
| Third person singular | butters /ˈbʌt.əz/ |
Buttered in a sentence
- The goo buttered out over the floor.From the entry butter out
- It was all buttered and French toasty, and you put these caramelized bananas on top,” he said.2017, Melissa Marino, So Wicked, Forever Yours, →ISBN. From the entry French toasty
- Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.2013, David Arnold, Hursey in Conflict: A Story of Love and Victory, page 73. From the entry kye
- Beat to the consistency of drop-cake, and drop a tablespoonful for each biscuit on a buttered pan.2011, Ann Treistman, Who Put the Devil in Deviled Eggs?. From the entry drop-cake
- Roll up to make a cannellone and place in buttered dish.2010, Valentina Sforza, 500 Italian Dishes, London: Apple Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry cannellone
Meaning of butter
- noun A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- noun Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
- noun Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
Questions about the past tense of butter
- What is the past tense of butter?
- The past tense of butter is buttered.
- What is the past participle of butter?
- The past participle of butter is buttered.
- Is butter a regular or irregular verb?
- Butter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: butter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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