butcher

butch·er

B0578000 (bo͝och′ər)n.1. a. One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.b. One who sells meats.2. One that kills brutally or indiscriminately.3. A vendor, especially one on a train or in a theater.4. One who bungles something.tr.v. butch·ered, butch·er·ing, butch·ers 1. To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.2. To kill brutally or indiscriminately.3. To botch; bungle: butcher a project; butchered the language. See Synonyms at botch.

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[Middle English bucher, from Old French bouchier, from bouc, boc, he-goat, probably of Celtic origin.]

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butch′er·er n.

butcher

(ˈbʊtʃə) n1. (Professions) a retailer of meat2. (Professions) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market3. an indiscriminate or brutal murderer4. a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles somethingvb (tr) 5. to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat6. to kill indiscriminately or brutally7. to make a mess of; botch; ruin[C13: from Old French bouchier, from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck¹; compare Welsh bwch he-goat]

butch•er

(ˈbʊtʃ ər)
n. 1. a retail or wholesale dealer in meat. 2. a person who slaughters certain animals or dresses their flesh for food or market. 3. a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate murder. 4. a vendor who hawks refreshments, newspapers, etc., as on a train. v.t. 5. to slaughter or dress (animals) for market. 6. to kill indiscriminately or brutally. 7. to bungle; botch: to butcher a job. [1250–1300; Middle English bocher < Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)chier, derivative of bo(u)c he-goat] butch′er•er, n. syn: See slaughter.

butcher

Past participle: butchered
Gerund: butchering

Imperative
butcher
butcher

Present
I butcher
you butcher
he/she/it butchers
we butcher
you butcher
they butcher

Preterite
I butchered
you butchered
he/she/it butchered
we butchered
you butchered
they butchered

Present Continuous
I am butchering
you are butchering
he/she/it is butchering
we are butchering
you are butchering
they are butchering

Present Perfect
I have butchered
you have butchered
he/she/it has butchered
we have butchered
you have butchered
they have butchered

Past Continuous
I was butchering
you were butchering
he/she/it was butchering
we were butchering
you were butchering
they were butchering

Past Perfect
I had butchered
you had butchered
he/she/it had butchered
we had butchered
you had butchered
they had butchered

Future
I will butcher
you will butcher
he/she/it will butcher
we will butcher
you will butcher
they will butcher

Future Perfect
I will have butchered
you will have butchered
he/she/it will have butchered
we will have butchered
you will have butchered
they will have butchered

Future Continuous
I will be butchering
you will be butchering
he/she/it will be butchering
we will be butchering
you will be butchering
they will be butchering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been butchering
you have been butchering
he/she/it has been butchering
we have been butchering
you have been butchering
they have been butchering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been butchering
you will have been butchering
he/she/it will have been butchering
we will have been butchering
you will have been butchering
they will have been butchering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been butchering
you had been butchering
he/she/it had been butchering
we had been butchering
you had been butchering
they had been butchering

Conditional
I would butcher
you would butcher
he/she/it would butcher
we would butcher
you would butcher
they would butcher

Past Conditional
I would have butchered
you would have butchered
he/she/it would have butchered
we would have butchered
you would have butchered
they would have butchered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	butcher - a retailer of meat meatmanmerchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail tradepork butcher - a vendor of pork and products made from pork
	2.	butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murdererliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
	3.	butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for marketslaughtererknacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughterskilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	4.	butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetenceblunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumblerincompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action
Verb	1.	butcher - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"slaughterchine - cut through the backbone of an animalkill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

butcher

noun1. meat trader, slaughterer, meat merchant, meat seller I went to the butcher for steak for my lunch.2. murderer, killer, slaughterer, slayer, destroyer, liquidator, executioner, cut-throat, exterminator Klaus Barbie was known in France as the Butcher of Lyon.verb1. slaughter, prepare, carve, cut up, dress, cut, clean, joint Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.2. kill, slaughter, massacre, destroy, cut down, assassinate, slay, liquidate, exterminate, put to the sword Our people are being butchered in their own homes.3. mess up, destroy, ruin, wreck, spoil, mutilate, botch, bodge (informal) I am not in Cannes because they butchered my film.

butcher

nounOne who murders another:cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman.verbTo kill savagely and indiscriminately:annihilate, decimate, massacre, slaughter.

Translations

屠夫屠宰残杀肉店

butcher

(ˈbutʃə) noun a person whose business is to kill cattle etc for food and/or sell their flesh. 屠夫 屠夫 verb1. to kill for food. 屠宰 屠宰2. to kill cruelly. All the prisoners were butchered by the dictator. 殘殺 残杀

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