To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
Infinitivebutterfly
Past simplebutterflied
Past participlebutterflied
-ing formbutterflying
Full conjugation of the English verb to butterfly (past simple butterflied,
past participle butterflied):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
butterfly
you
butterfly
he/she/it
butterflies
we
butterfly
you
butterfly
they
butterfly
Present continuous
I
am butterflying
you
are butterflying
he/she/it
is butterflying
we
are butterflying
you
are butterflying
they
are butterflying
Present perfect
I
have butterflied
you
have butterflied
he/she/it
has butterflied
we
have butterflied
you
have butterflied
they
have butterflied
Present perfect continuous
I
have been butterflying
you
have been butterflying
he/she/it
has been butterflying
we
have been butterflying
you
have been butterflying
they
have been butterflying
Past simple
I
butterflied
you
butterflied
he/she/it
butterflied
we
butterflied
you
butterflied
they
butterflied
Past continuous
I
was butterflying
you
were butterflying
he/she/it
was butterflying
we
were butterflying
you
were butterflying
they
were butterflying
Past perfect
I
had butterflied
you
had butterflied
he/she/it
had butterflied
we
had butterflied
you
had butterflied
they
had butterflied
Past perfect continuous
I
had been butterflying
you
had been butterflying
he/she/it
had been butterflying
we
had been butterflying
you
had been butterflying
they
had been butterflying
Future simple
I
will butterfly
you
will butterfly
he/she/it
will butterfly
we
will butterfly
you
will butterfly
they
will butterfly
Future continuous
I
will be butterflying
you
will be butterflying
he/she/it
will be butterflying
we
will be butterflying
you
will be butterflying
they
will be butterflying
Future perfect
I
will have butterflied
you
will have butterflied
he/she/it
will have butterflied
we
will have butterflied
you
will have butterflied
they
will have butterflied
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been butterflying
you
will have been butterflying
he/she/it
will have been butterflying
we
will have been butterflying
you
will have been butterflying
they
will have been butterflying
Conditional
Present
I
would butterfly
you
would butterfly
he/she/it
would butterfly
we
would butterfly
you
would butterfly
they
would butterfly
Present continuous
I
would be butterflying
you
would be butterflying
he/she/it
would be butterflying
we
would be butterflying
you
would be butterflying
they
would be butterflying
Perfect
I
would have butterflied
you
would have butterflied
he/she/it
would have butterflied
we
would have butterflied
you
would have butterflied
they
would have butterflied
Perfect continuous
I
would have been butterflying
you
would have been butterflying
he/she/it
would have been butterflying
we
would have been butterflying
you
would have been butterflying
they
would have been butterflying
Subjunctive
Present
that I
butterfly
that you
butterfly
that he/she/it
butterfly
that we
butterfly
that you
butterfly
that they
butterfly
Past
if I
butterflied
if you
butterflied
if he/she/it
butterflied
if we
butterflied
if you
butterflied
if they
butterflied
Imperative
Affirmative
you
butterfly
we
let's butterfly
Negative
you
don't butterfly
we
let's not butterfly
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to butterfly
Perfect infinitive
to have butterflied
Present participle / gerund
butterflying
Past participle
butterflied
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.