Button - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an electrical switch operated by pressing (syn: push)
- a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism (syn: release)
- any artifact that resembles a button
verb
Extra examples
I lost a button on my jacket.
He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.
Will you please push the 'play' button on the CD player?
With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button.
If the information on the registration form is correct, click the 'OK' button.
He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.
Will you button the baby's jacket for her?
The skirt buttons on the side.
He reached for the remote control and pressed the "play" button.
Demonstrators wore a Mao button.
You've buttoned up your coat the wrong way.
Ferguson stood up and buttoned his coat.
This coat is easy to take off as it buttons through.
This dress buttons at the back.
A button was missing from his shirt.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: button
he/she/it: buttons
present participle: buttoning
past tense: buttoned
past participle: buttoned
singular: button
plural: buttons
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