What (who) is button - definition
SMALL FASTENER USED IN CLOTHING
Buttons; Buttonz; The button; Button(unit); Button (clothing)
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Button
·noun To dress or clothe.
II. Button ·noun A bud; a germ of a plant.
III. Button ·noun A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
IV. Button ·vi To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
V. Button ·noun A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
VI. Button ·noun To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons;
- often followed by up.
VII. Button ·noun A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.
VIII. Button ·noun A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other;
- used also for ornament.
button
(buttons, buttoning, buttoned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
...a coat with brass buttons.
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2.
If you button a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, you fasten it by pushing its buttons through the buttonholes.
Ferguson stood up and buttoned his coat.
VERB: V n
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I buttoned up my coat; it was chilly...
The young man slipped on the shirt and buttoned it up...
It was freezing out there even in his buttoned-up overcoat.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V-ed P
3.
A button is a small object on a machine or electrical device that you press in order to operate it.
He reached for the remote control and pressed the 'play' button.
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4.
A button is a small piece of metal or plastic which you wear in order to show that you support a particular movement, organization, or person. You fasten a button to your clothes with a pin. (AM; in BRIT, use badge
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button
¦ noun
1. a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a buttonhole or for decoration.
2. chiefly N. Amer. a decorative badge pinned to clothing.
3. a knob on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it.
4. Fencing a knob fitted to the point of a foil to make it harmless.
¦ verb
1. fasten or be fastened with buttons.
2. (button it) informal stop talking.
3. (button something up) informal complete something satisfactorily.
Phrases
button one's lip informal stop or refrain from talking.
on the button informal, chiefly N. Amer. precisely.
push (or press) someone's buttons informal provoke a reaction in someone.
Derivatives
-buttoned adjective
buttonless adjective
buttony adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. bouton, of Gmc origin and related to butt1.
Wikipedia
Button
A button is a fastener that joins two pieces of fabric together by slipping through a loop or by sliding through a buttonhole.
In modern clothing and fashion design, buttons are commonly made of plastic but also may be made of metal, wood, or seashell. Buttons can also be used on containers such as wallets and bags. Buttons may be sewn onto garments and similar items exclusively for purposes of ornamentation. In the applied arts and craft, a button can be an example of folk art, studio craft, or even a miniature work of art. In archaeology, a button can be a significant artifact.
Pronunciation examples for button
1. We don't want to hear button, button, button, button.
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2. Button.
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3. Button.
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4. Button.
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5. Button.
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Examples of use of button
1. Three–button suits were in for the past few years, but now it‘s two–button suits.
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3. "This is a hot button question, a hot button issue," said Thompson, who has been asked by the White House to guide Roberts through the confirmation process.
4. We really liked having a dedicated power toggle and a dedicated Mute button since that makes using the multifunction button a little less complicated.
5. And my main acquaintance with Russian women was with babushkas who kept telling me to button the top button of my overcoat or I would die of frost.