button
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
button
n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit
through buttonholes
2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was
operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated
a buzzer at the desk" [syn: {push button}, {push}, {button}]
3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for
pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for
their candidate"
5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn:
{clitoris}, {clit}, {button}]
6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
[syn: {release}, {button}]
7: any artifact that resembles a button
v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt"
2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: {unbutton}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Button \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.
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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.
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3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak.
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4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
door.
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5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
crucible, after fusion.
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{Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
{Button shell} (Zool.), 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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Button \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.
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He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens.
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2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
359 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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