buttered
BUT-erd/ˈbʌtəɹd/UKBUT-uhd/ˈbʌtəd/
- 1Covered or spread with a layer of butter.
Like bread with a soft layer of butter on top.
She gave me a warm, buttered roll for breakfast.
The kids ate buttered popcorn during the movie.
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- 2Simple past and past participle of butter. Use this form when the spreading already happened.
She buttered both slices before adding the cheese.
He buttered the pan and poured in the batter.
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- 3Made by pressing and spinning on the nose or tail of a snowboard.
Like spreading butter, but the smooth twisting move slides across the snow.
Her buttered turn looked smooth and easy.
He landed a clean buttered spin at the bottom of the slope.
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buttered is a form of butter
butter, verb: To put butter on something, such as bread or toast. Full entry
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- butter → buttered: add -ed
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