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BUTTERFLY is validvalid
to split food almost entirely apart so that it cooks quickly and evenly [v BUTTERFLIED, BUTTERFLIES, BUTTERFLYING]
a general name for any of the daylight Lepidoptera [n BUTTERFLIES] / to split almost entirely and spread apart e.g. a steak [v BUTTERFLIED, BUTTERFLYING, BUTTERFLIES]