Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to butcher
Participle: butchered
Gerund: butchering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | butcher |
| you | butcher |
| he;she;it | butchers |
| we | butcher |
| you | butcher |
| they | butcher |
Perfect
| I | have butchered |
| you | have butchered |
| he;she;it | has butchered |
| we | have butchered |
| you | have butchered |
| they | have butchered |
Past
| I | butchered |
| you | butchered |
| he;she;it | butchered |
| we | butchered |
| you | butchered |
| they | butchered |
Pluperfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | butcher |
| you | butcher |
| he;she;it | butcher |
| we | butcher |
| you | butcher |
| they | butcher |
Perfect
| I | have butchered |
| you | have butchered |
| he;she;it | have butchered |
| we | have butchered |
| you | have butchered |
| they | have butchered |
Imperfect
| I | butchered |
| you | butchered |
| he;she;it | butchered |
| we | butchered |
| you | butchered |
| they | butchered |
Pluperfect
| I | had butchered |
| you | had butchered |
| he;she;it | had butchered |
| we | had butchered |
| you | had butchered |
| they | had butchered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would butcher |
| you | would butcher |
| he;she;it | would butcher |
| we | would butcher |
| you | would butcher |
| they | would butcher |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | butcher |
| we | Let's butcher |
| you | butcher |
Verbs conjugated like 'butcher'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'butcher'
bother,
butler,
butter,
outcheer,
suther,
wuther,
author,
batch,
bathe,
batter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- slaughter
- slay, kill, murder, assassinate, exterminate, massacre
- botch
- spoil, bungle, wreck, ruin, destroy, bollix
- dress
- chop, clean, trim, hack, cure, smoke
Antonyms
- botch
- mend, manage, harmonize, handle
- dress
- undress, disarray, disorder
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male goat, male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, ram”). See also English buck. See: English '
buck'.
Verbs referencing "butcher"
Esperanto
buĉi.
Sample Sentences
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He tells me he now earns three times as much as he did butchering. [2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 121:]
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The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
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I am bad at pronouncing names, so my apologies if I butcher any of your names.