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butterfly
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 butterfly
Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings.
Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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Roget 440:
variegation;
colors,
dichroism,
trichroism;
iridescence,
play of colors,
polychrome,
maculation,
spottiness,
striae.
spectrum,
rainbow,
iris,
tulip,
peacock,
chameleon,
butterfly,
tortoise shell;
mackerel,
mackerel sky;
zebra,
leopard,
cheetah,
nacre,
ocelot,
ophite†,
mother-of-pearl,
opal,
marble.
check,
plaid,
tartan,
patchwork;
marquetry-,
parquetry;
mosaic,
tesserae†,
strigae†;
chessboard,
checkers,
chequers;
harlequin;
Joseph's coat;
tricolor.
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Nederlands: vijfwouter, vlinder
Pools: motyl
2 butterfly
A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down.
synoniem: butterfly stroke.
Nederlands: vlinder, vlinderslag
Pools: styl motylkowy, motylek, delfin
werkwoord
1 butterfly
Flutter like a butterfly.
2 butterfly
Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking.
3 butterfly
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
synoniemen: chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance.
Nederlands: flirten, koketteren, sjansen
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