| butcher | (verb) kill (animals) usually for food consumption | Synonyms: slaughter |
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| butt | (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against | Synonyms: bunt |
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| (verb) place end to end without overlapping | - |
| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
| butter | (verb) spread butter on | - |
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| butterfly | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| (verb) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking | - |
| (verb) flutter like a butterfly | - |
| button | (verb) fasten with buttons | - |
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| (verb) provide with buttons | - |
| buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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| buttress | (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
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| (verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
| buttweld | (verb) join by a butt weld | Synonyms: butt-weld |
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| butylate | (verb) introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound | - |
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