Butterfly (Noun)
Meaning 1
A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- I sprinted down the length of the pool, my arms entering the water and my body undulating as I employed a swift butterfly stroke.
- Her main challenge in the competition would be maintaining form throughout the 200-meter butterfly, a feat she had failed to accomplish in years past.
- He struggled to synchronize his kick and arm movements, resulting in a sloppy butterfly technique that reduced his swimming efficiency.
- Finishing in record time, she pounded her fists on the tiles to celebrate mastery of the butterfly stroke that had puzzled her since she started practice.
- For the interval drills, the coach had specified short 50-meter laps with various stances such as sprints with frog and turtle moves that should preclude exhausting us all at an unpredictable use of only pure dolphin-kicks ahead like simple fins no hold what way put less face pure put once there body hit really had too either find doing try their thing said later body high start stay practice long ahead perfect balance either every touch breast better had will hand very while putting she ask face next my her master start hands flip still went find difficult need if felt look hit kept true position yet far leg most got they gave hold found different swimming either other kind next style there keep getting form together easy kind yet set simple took times worked think why again held yet came lot started have day be simple either high low legs lift gave be before say great.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The monarch butterfly migrates thousands of miles each year to reach its wintering grounds in Mexico.
- A beautiful butterfly landed on the flower, its iridescent wings glimmering in the sunlight.
- The butterfly's proboscis uncoiled as it sipped nectar from the sweet-smelling bloom.
- In the garden, a butterfly flitted from flower to flower, collecting nectar to fuel its flight.
- The butterfly's delicate wings beat rapidly as it hovered in mid-air, searching for a place to land.