Word: butchered
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: bu
tchered
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of butcher; kill (animals) usually for food consumption
Morphemes:
Affix: butcher
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bouchier
Language: fro
Decoded: bouchier
Meaning: goat slaughterer
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.