| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To fawn or toady. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To cajole, coax or wheedle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To flatter, kowtow, blarney or ingratiate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb butter.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (butter) |
1. Spread butter on; "butter bread".[Wordnet]. 2. To cover or spread with butter.[Websters]. 3. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: buttering, buttered, butters, butterer, butterers, butteringly and butteredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. |
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Date "Buttering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Metallurgy | Depositing weld metal on the face of a joint to increase weldability. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: BUTTERING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Been Caught Buttering | 6 | Been Caught Buttering | 6 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | داجَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, blarney), تَمَلَّقَ (adulate, adulation, butter, cajole, coax), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), داجَنَ (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters), زُبْدَة (butter, choice, gist, quintessence, buttered), زُبْد (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters, fat). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | داجَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, blarney), تَمَلَّقَ (adulate, adulation, butter, cajole, coax), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), داجَنَ (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters), زُبْدَة (butter, choice, gist, quintessence, buttered), زُبْد (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters, fat). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | داجَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, blarney), تَمَلَّقَ (adulate, adulation, butter, cajole, coax), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), داجَنَ (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters), زُبْدَة (butter, choice, gist, quintessence, buttered), زُبْد (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters, fat). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | pondo manteiga (buttering). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | svejseforberedelse (buttering). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 隔离层堆焊 (buttering), 预堆辺焊 (buttering). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | svejseforberedelse (buttering). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | svejseforberedelse (buttering). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | oplassen (buttering). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | pose en mettant le mortier sur le carreau (buttering), beurrage (buttering), beurrant (buttering), recharge (refill, recharge, reload, hard facing, inductive charging). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | pose en mettant le mortier sur le carreau (buttering), beurrage (buttering), beurrant (buttering), recharge (refill, recharge, reload, hard facing, inductive charging). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | επίστρωση συγκολλητικού υλικού (buttering). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | epistrosi singollitikou ilikou (buttering). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 아첨 말 (buttering), 벽돌 수직면에 모르타르를 칠하기 (buttering). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 아첨 말 (buttering), 벽돌 수직면에 모르타르를 칠하기 (buttering). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | داجَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, blarney), تَمَلَّقَ (adulate, adulation, butter, cajole, coax), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), داجَنَ (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters), زُبْدَة (butter, choice, gist, quintessence, buttered), زُبْد (butter, buttered, buttering, Butters, fat). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | バターを塗り (buttering), バタリング (buttering), バターを塗上へ (buttering up, buttering-up). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 아첨 말 (buttering), 벽돌 수직면에 모르타르를 칠하기 (buttering). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | pondo manteiga (buttering). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | svejseforberedelse (buttering). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | návar (buttering). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | návar (buttering). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, buttering. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “buttering” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | utteringbay (buttering). Additional references: Pig Latin, buttering. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | pourrage (buttering). Additional references: Terran B, buttering. (volunteer) | |||
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