butterfly
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/
:
mariposa
- I just did 30 laps doing the butterfly stroke.
Consider a a power lifter performing a butterfly stroke.
- Consider a a power lifter performing a butterfly stroke.
- But push ups, planks, butterfly kicks, just movement.
Examples
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We don't have time to teach you how to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Maybe it was butterfly stroke.
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Fourth 500, I wanna see a butterfly.
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And for the more advanced, there's the butterfly.
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Do you like to swim breaststroke, front crawl, butterfly or backstroke?
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In the swimming competition, she performed flawlessly during the butterfly stroke.
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During his training, he focused on improving his technique for the butterfly swim.
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Many swimmers agree that mastering the butterfly is essential for competing at higher levels.
Synonyms
1
3.9
A swimming stroke where both arms move forward together and the legs kick like a dolphin
Idioms
- Informal
An action much stronger than needed against something small and harmless
Compounds
4
2.2
A large orange and black butterfly that travels long distances and whose caterpillars eat milkweed
1
4.6
A small colorful tropical sea fish with a flat body and wide fins, often near coral reefs
- Specialized
1
3.9
A swimming stroke where both arms move forward together and the legs kick like a dolphin
- Specialized
1
6.0
A valve with a flat disc that turns to control or stop the flow of water and air
- Specialized
A small garden plant with thin divided leaves and bright flowers with different colours
A climbing plant with bright blue or purple flowers that people use to make tea and decorate gardens
A flowering plant with colorful, often fragrant flowers that look like butterflies
- Specialized
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and small front legs not used for walking
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
A butterfly with jagged wing edges and a white mark shaped like a comma under each hind wing
- Specialized
A large tropical butterfly with short front legs and a bad taste that keeps predators away
A large bright butterfly with blue or green wings found in Africa and parts of Europe and Asia
A small insect with bright wings whose front legs are very small and folded so it walks on four legs
A small southern European orchid with pale green and white flowers that smell sweet
A large orange and black North American butterfly whose caterpillars eat milkweed
A European orchid with large dark green flowers that have a faint smell
- Specialized
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and very small front legs
A small bright butterfly with orange and black wings that often visits flowers
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Butterfly for the swimming stroke is named after the insect because the swimmer's arms move together like a butterfly's wings, so the stroke is called 'butterfly' for its wing-like motion.