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Detailed Synonyms for butcher in English

butcher:

to butcher verb (butchers, butchered, butchering)

  1. to butcher
    to butcher
    • butcher verb (butchers, butchered, butchering)
  2. to butcher
    – kill (animals) usually for food consumption 1
    to butcher; to slaughter
    – kill (animals) usually for food consumption 1
    • butcher verb (butchers, butchered, butchering)
    • slaughter verb (slaughters, slaughtered, slaughtering)
      • They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter1

Conjugations for butcher:

present
  1. butcher
  2. butcher
  3. butchers
  4. butcher
  5. butcher
  6. butcher
simple past
  1. butchered
  2. butchered
  3. butchered
  4. butchered
  5. butchered
  6. butchered
present perfect
  1. have butchered
  2. have butchered
  3. has butchered
  4. have butchered
  5. have butchered
  6. have butchered
past continuous
  1. was butchering
  2. were butchering
  3. was butchering
  4. were butchering
  5. were butchering
  6. were butchering
future
  1. shall butcher
  2. will butcher
  3. will butcher
  4. shall butcher
  5. will butcher
  6. will butcher
continuous present
  1. am butchering
  2. are butchering
  3. is butchering
  4. are butchering
  5. are butchering
  6. are butchering
subjunctive
  1. be butchered
  2. be butchered
  3. be butchered
  4. be butchered
  5. be butchered
  6. be butchered
diverse
  1. butcher!
  2. let's butcher!
  3. butchered
  4. butchering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

butcher [the ~] noun

  1. the butcher
    – someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence 1
    the butcher; the botcher; the bungler; the sad sack; the fumbler; the bumbler; the stumbler; the fuckup; the blunderer
    – someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence 1
  2. the butcher
    – a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market 1
    the butcher; the slaughterer
    – a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market 1
  3. the butcher
    – a brutal indiscriminate murderer 1
    the butcher
    – a brutal indiscriminate murderer 1
  4. the butcher
    – a retailer of meat 1
    the butcher; the meatman
    – a retailer of meat 1

Related Words for "butcher":

  • butchering

Alternate Synonyms for "butcher":


Related Definitions for "butcher":

  1. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence1
  2. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market1
  3. a brutal indiscriminate murderer1
  4. a retailer of meat1
  5. kill (animals) usually for food consumption1

Related Synonyms for butcher