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button Definition

but·ton (but′'n)

noun

  1. any small disk, knob, etc. used as a fastening or ornament, as one put through a buttonhole on a garment
  2. anything small and shaped like a button; specif.,
    1. a small emblem of membership, distinction, etc., generally worn in the lapel
    2. a small knoblike part, as a bud on a plant or the end of a rattlesnake's rattles
    3. a small knoblike part that is pushed or turned to operate a doorbell, electric lamp, etc.
    4. a guard on the tip of a fencing foil
    5. a small, immature mushroom
  3. ☆ Slang the point of the chin

Etymology: ME botoun < OFr boton, a button, bud < buter: see butt

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to fasten with or as with a button or buttons
  2. to provide or be provided with a button or buttons

button Related Forms
but′·toner noun
button Idioms

button up (one's lip)

Slang to refrain from talking; esp., to keep a secret

on the button

☆

Slang exactly at the desired point, time, objective, etc.

button Synonyms

button

n.

knob, catch, disk, badge, pin, snap, frog, clasp, switch, dial, key; see also fastener.

on the button*

exactly, precisely, squarely, on target*; see accurate 1, 2, accurately.

button Synonyms

button

v.

close, clasp, fasten, snap; see fasten 1.

button Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • toolbar: Click the " I " button on the toolbar.

Preposition: at

  • bottom: There is also a Back button at the bottom left of every page.

Adjective modifier

  • OK: Click on the OK button to close the Bibliographic data window.
  • left: Press the left mouse button near the object to be moved.
  • reset: In parallel to this reset button you need to connect the relay from our watchdog.
  • toolbar: New: toolbar button to swap a selected color code between rgb and hex.

Converse of object

  • press: Press the button marked Accept to register the legend settings.
  • push: Just push the big orange button or pull the string.
  • click: To modify your saved searches you have to sign in by clicking the button " My adverts " .
  • hit: Hit the view cart button to check that your order is correct.
  • submit: The role of the submit button is taken by an HTML forms image input element.

Noun used with modifier

  • mouse: Press the left mouse button near the object to be moved.
  • radio: To turn images off, click on the radio button next to ' Do not load any images ' .
  • push: Most fog machines come with some type of remote control either in the form of a simple single push button on the budget machines.
  • navigation: This means the navigation buttons above will not work.
  • belly: You should be knelt up straight with your belly button pulled in toward your spine.
  • shutter: When the shutter button is depressed halfway, the power turns on again, and charging resumes.

Possessives

  • browser: Use your browser's Back button to return to this page.

Preposition: in

  • toolbar: To enable the Terrain Editing Mode, press the mountain button in the left toolbar.

Modifies a noun

  • mushroom: Serve with home-made chips, grilled tomatoes, garden peas and a few button mushrooms.
button Quotes

And the softness of my body will be guarded by embrace By each button, hook, and lace. For the man who should loose me is dead, Fighting with the Duke in Flanders, In a pattern called a war. Christ! What are patterns for?

—Lowell, Amy

They called aloud 'Our Sieve ain't big, But we don't care a button! We don't care a fig!'

—Lear, Edward

What they call 'heart' lies much lower than the fourth waistcoat button.

—Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she- bear coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrumhimself, withthelittleround buttonat top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch-as- catch-can till the gunpowder ran out of theheels of their boots.

—Foote, Samuel

Sic a wife as Willie's wife, I wad na gie a button for her.

—Burns, Robert