button

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/ˈbʌt(ə)n/

noun 5verb 3name 3

Collocations

(noun.) for fastening clothes

ADJ

bottom, top

She fastened the bottom button of her coat before stepping outside into the cold wind.

coat, shirt, etc.

VERB + BUTTON

do up, fasten | undo, unfasten | fumble with

lose

I lost a button from my shirt while playing basketball yesterday.

rip off | sew on

BUTTON + VERB

be missing, come off, pop (off)

A button came off my coat when I was getting dressed this morning.

(noun.) small switch

ADJ

on, start/starter | off, stop | control | fast forward, pause, play, rewind

alarm, panic

When the fire started, he immediately pressed the panic button to alert everyone in the building.

mouse

self-destruct

He pressed the self-destruct button and deleted all his embarrassing photos from the internet.

VERB + BUTTON

click (on)

You need to click the red button to start the printer.

depress, hit, hold down, press, push

She pushed the red button to start the washing machine.

keep your finger on | release, take your finger off

PHRASES

at the touch of a button

Modern cars can lock their doors at the touch of a button.

Definitions

noun

A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.

A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.

A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

A bud.

O queen Emilia, / Fresher than May, sweeter / Than her gold buttons on the boughs,

verb

To fasten with a button.

He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.

To be fastened by a button or buttons.

The coat will not button.

To stop talking.

name

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.

A township in Ford County, Illinois, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an electrical switch operated by pressing

push

noun — a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

release

noun — a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

Antonyms

unbutton

Idioms & Phrases

on the button

Exactly, precisely.

They arrived at 3:30, on the button.

button one's lip

To remain silent, especially in order to keep a secret or to avoid saying something inappropriate.

"Yes," put in Solomon. "I've been tipped off to this guy Mars, and you'd better tell him to button up his lip and not start anything."

press the panic button

To start to panic.

button nose

A nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.

She had little features, a button nose, a pretty chin and a long graceful neck.

hold by the button

To detain in conversation to the point of weariness or tedium; to bore while tallking to

When a slanderer addresses himself to any one, let him only withhold his attention, while he argues thus with himself: --- Why does this man hold me by the button, and seem so desi

Example Bank

Wiktionary

April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

Wiktionary

He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.

Wiktionary

The coat will not button.

Wiktionary

You have only to touch the button.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, button is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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