butcher
🇺🇸
/ˈbʊtʃər/
🇬🇧
/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/
noun
R
A person who cuts meat or kills animals for meat.
The butcher prepared fresh cuts of meat for customers.
R
A shop that sells meat.
He bought steak from the butcher on the corner.
R
A cruel person who kills others violently.
The butcher showed no mercy to his victims.
verb
R
To kill people in a cruel way.
The soldiers were ordered to butcher the enemy.
R
To kill animals and prepare them as meat.
Farmers often butcher pigs for food.
R
To ruin something by doing it poorly.
The actor tried to butcher the famous speech.
translation
A person who cuts meat or kills animals for meat.; A shop that sells meat.; A cruel person who kills others violently.
To kill people in a cruel way.; To kill animals and prepare them as meat.; To ruin something by doing it poorly.
Word Forms
Plural
butchers
Progressive
butchering
Past
butchered
Perfect
butchered
3rd Present
butchers