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Button

Button Meaning & Definition
Button Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Button?

[n] a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
[n] an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
[n] a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
[n] any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
[v] fasten with buttons; "button the dress"
[v] provide with buttons; "button a shirt"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Button: clit | clitoris | push | push button

Related Terms | Find terms related to Button: a continental | a curse | a damn | a darn | a hoot | anchor | armory | articulate | badge | badge of office | badges | bagatelle | band | bandage | bang | bantam | banty | bar | barrette | barricade | baton | batten | batten down | bauble | bean | bellyband | belt | bibelot | bilge | bind | binding | binding stone | binding twine | bit | blain | blazonry | bleb | blister | blob | bobby pin | bollard | bolt | bonder | bondstone | boss | bow | box hook | brace | braces | brad | braid | brass farthing | brassard | bubble | buckle | bulb | bulge | bulla | bullion | bump | bunch | burl | butt | button up | cable | cahot | cap and gown | carpet tack | cast | casting | catch | cent | chain | chain of office | chin | chine | chit | choke | choke off | cinch | cincture | clamp | clap | clasp | class ring | cleat | click | clinch | clip | close | close up | clothespin | clump | cockade | collar | condyle | constrict | contain | contract | convex | corking pin | cotter | cover | cross | curio | decoration | diminutive | dovetail | dowel | dress | eagle | ear | emblems | ensigns | farce | farthing | fasces | fasten | feather | featherweight | fibula | fig | figurehead | fillet | fingerling | fishhook | flange | flap | fleabite | fleur-de-lis | fold | fold up | folderol | fribble | frippery | funiculus | gall | garter | gate | gaud | gewgaw | gimcrack | girdle | girth | gnarl | grab | grapnel | grappler | grappling iron | guy | hair | hairpin | halfpenny | hammer and sickle | handle | hank | hasp | hawser | haywire | heraldry | hill | hill of beans | hinge | hitch | hitching post | holdfast | hook | hook and eye | hump | hunch | ingot | inkle | insignia | interlocker | jam | jest | jog | joggle | joint | joke | kevel | key | kickshaw | kingpin | knickknack | knickknackery | knob | knot | knur | knurl | lace | lacing | lapel pin | lariat | latch | latchet | leader | ligament | lightweight | line | lip | livery | lock | lock out | lock up | loop | lump | mace | mantle | markings | medal | mentum | mini | minikin | minnow | minny | miter | mockery | mole | molehill | moorings | mortarboard | mortise | mountain | mouse | nail | nevus | noose | nub | nubbin | nubble | nut | occlude | old school tie | padlock | paper clip | papilloma | pawl | peewee | peg | peppercorn | picayune | pig | pin | pinch of snuff | pinprick | pintle | plumb | pony | rabbet | rap | red cent | regalia | regulus | rib | ridge | ring | rivet | roller | rope | rose | row of pins | runt | rush | safety pin | scarf | school ring | screw | seal | seal off | seal up | secure | sennit | setscrew | sew | shamrock | sheet metal | shit | shoulder | shrimp | shut | shut the door | shut up | sigillography | skewer | skull and crossbones | slam | slide fastener | slip | small fry | snap | sneeshing | snip | snippet | snubbing post | sou | sow | sphragistics | spike | spine | splice | squeeze shut | staff | staple | stick | stitch | strangle | strap | straw | string | strop | stub tenon | stud | style | suspenders | swastika | tab | tack | tag | tartan | tendon | terret | thistle | thole | tholepin | thong | thumbtack | tie | tie beam | tit | toggle | toy | treenail | trifle | trinket | triviality | tubercle | tubercule | tug | tuppence | twine | two cents | twopence | uniform | verge | verruca | vesicle | vise | wale | wand | wart | wedge | welt | whang | whim-wham | wire | wisp | zip up | zipper

See Also | add | bell | bell push | buzzer | coat button | doorbell | electric switch | electrical switch | erectile organ | fasten | fastener | fastening | fix | fixing | foreskin | glans clitoridis | holdfast | horn button | mouse button | plant part | prepuce | push-button radio | reset button | run up | secure | sew | sew together | shirt button | stitch | switch | vulva

Button In Webster's Dictionary

\But"ton\, n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See {Butt} an end.] 1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. 2. 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. 3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak. 4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. 5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. {Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. {Button shell} (Zo["o]l.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus {Rotella}. {Button snakeroot}. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus {Liatris}, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. {Button tree} (Bot.), a genus of trees ({Conocarpus}), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. {To hold by the button}, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
\But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buttoning}.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See {Button}, n.] 1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up. He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens. 2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
\But"ton\, v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

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