to spread butter

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• spread butter on bread — smear butter onto a piece of bread, smooth butter onto bread …   English contemporary dictionary

• spread — [spred] vt. spread, spreading [ME spreden < OE sprædan, akin to Ger spreiten < IE * sprei d , to sprinkle, strew < base * (s)p(h)er , to strew, spray, burst (of buds) > SPRAY1, SPRAWL, SPROUT] 1. to draw out so as to display more… …   English World dictionary

• spread — vb Spread, circulate, disseminate, diffuse, propagate, radiate can all mean to extend or cause to extend over an area or space. Spread basically implies a drawing or stretching out to the limit {spread a net} {spread a cloth on the ground} {the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• butter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ creamy ▪ rancid ▪ melted ▪ Brush the pastry with a little melted butter …   Collocations dictionary

• butter — [[t]bʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ butters, buttering, buttered 1) N MASS Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking. ...bread and butter... Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl. 2) VERB If you… …   English dictionary

• butter — n. 1) to churn; cream; make butter 2) to spread butter (on bread) 3) apple (AE); cocoa; peanut; prune; salted; sweet; whipped butter 4) fresh; rancid butter 5) a pat; stick of butter 6) in butter (to fry in butter) * * * [ bʌtə] cocoa cream make… …   Combinatory dictionary

• butter — but|ter1 [ bʌtər ] noun uncount ** a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking: bread and butter a stick of butter salted/unsalted butter butter wouldn t melt in someone s mouth used for saying that although… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• butter — I UK [ˈbʌtə(r)] / US [ˈbʌtər] noun [uncountable] ** a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking bread and butter a packet of butter salted/unsalted butter • butter wouldn t melt in someone s mouth See: bread and …   English dictionary

• spread — /spred/, v., spread, spreading, n., adj. v.t. 1. to draw, stretch, or open out, esp. over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often fol. by out). 2. to stretch out or unfurl in the air, as folded wings, a flag, etc. (often fol. by out) …   Universalium

• butter — but|ter1 S2 [ˈbʌtə US ər] n [U] ↑butter, ↑egg, ↑flour, ↑sugar [: Old English; Origin: butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous cow + tyros cheese ] 1.) a solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spread — [[t]sprɛd[/t]] v. spread, spread•ing, n. adj. 1) to draw, stretch, or open out, esp. over a flat surface: Spread out the blanket[/ex] 2) to extend out; move apart: The bird spread its wings[/ex] 3) to distribute over an area of space or time: to… …   From formal English to slang