Butterfly
To see a butterfly in your dream, denotes your need to settle down.
To see a beautiful colorful butterfly in your dream, denotes the positive impression you will make at a future social gathering.
To see them flying about, denotes news from absent friends by letter, or from some one who has seen them.
To a young woman, a happy love, culminating in a life union.
Butterflies also signify creativity, romance, joy and spirituality. You may be undergoing a transformation into a new way of thinking.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- 2: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down [syn: butterfly, butterfly stroke]
- v. 1: flutter like a butterfly
- 2: cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
- 3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash]