Home

Word

butterfly, v.
(butterflied, butterflies, butterflying)
more info talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

butterfly chat up coquet coquette dally flirt mash philander romance

sample sentences

"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"
"My husband never flirts with other women"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sam wants to %s with Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sam wants to %s with Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
more info cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
<verb.contact>

butterfly

sample sentences

"butterflied shrimp"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
more info flutter like a butterfly
<verb.motion>

butterfly

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym