butter down
To butter thoroughly; to add a substantial amount of butter toTo butter (something) thoroughly; to add a substantial amount of butter to (something).
» Toast will always land butter-side down.
Das Butterbrot fällt immer auf die Butterseite. — Adelpa
Das Butterbrot landet immer auf der Butterseite. — Adelpa
casaniere · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)To butter (something) thoroughly; to add a substantial amount of butter to (something).
Examples
2 sentencesToast will always land butter-side down.
deDas Butterbrot fällt immer auf die Butterseite. — Adelpa
Buttered toast always falls butter side down because butter is heavier than bread.
ruБутерброд всегда падает маслом вниз потому, что масло тяжелее хлеба. — Ooneykcall
Forms
butters down, buttering down, buttered down, buttered down| Base form | butter down · to butter down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | butters down |
| Present participle | buttering down |
| Past simple | buttered down |
| Past participle | buttered down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.