butcher
To slaughter and prepare for marketTo slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
» This used to be a butcher shop.
Das hier war einmal ein Fleischerladen.
Це колись була м'ясна лавка.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
schlachten
(intransitive)To work as a butcher.
(transitive)To kill brutally.
niedermetzeln
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
(transitive)To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
(transitive)To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
I am bad at pronouncing names, so my apologies if I butcher any of your names.
Examples
140 sentencesThis used to be a butcher shop.
Це колись була м'ясна лавка.
deDas hier war einmal ein Fleischerladen.
Tom is a butcher.
Том м'ясник.
deTom ist ein Metzger.
She bought it at the butcher's.
You're still a butcher, aren't you?
Tom is a butcher, isn't he?
ruТом ведь мясник?
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from OFrom 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.
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Forms
butchers, butchering, butchered, butcheredSynonyms
7 synonyms- kill (animals) usually for food consumption:slaughter
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle