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Noun butterfly has 2 senses

butterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
--₁ is a kind of lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran
--₁ has particulars:

nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly; ringlet, ringlet butterfly; danaid, danaid butterfly; pierid, pierid butterfly; sulphur butterfly, sulfur butterfly; lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly

butterfly, butterfly stroke - a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
--₂ is a kind of swimming stroke
--₂ has parts: dolphin kick

Verb butterfly has 3 senses

butterfly - flutter like a butterfly
--₁ is one way to flit, flutter, fleet, dart
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
butterfly - cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
--₂ is one way to unfold, spread, spread out, open
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
--₃ is one way to talk, speak
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP