Definitions of Button [ˈbʌt n]

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Definition of 'Button'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) button
a small disk, knob, or the like attached to an article, as of clothing, and serving as a fastener when passed through a buttonhole or loop.

2.  button
anything resembling a button, esp. in being small and round, as a candy, ornament, or marker.

3.  button
a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, or the like, for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.:
campaign buttons.

4.  button
a small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, operate a machine, open a door, etc.

5.  button
a young or undeveloped mushroom.

6.  button
any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake.

7.  button
Informal. the point of the chin.

8.  button
(in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.

9.  button
the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a fencing foil.

10. (v.t.) button
to fasten with or as if with a button or buttons:
Button your coat.

11.  button
to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop.

12. (v.i.) button
to be capable of being buttoned:
This coat buttons up the front.

13.  button
Also,

14.  button
to complete successfully; finish.

Definition of 'Button'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) button
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

2. (noun) push button, push, button
an electrical switch operated by pressing
"the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

3. (noun) button
any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

4. (noun) button
a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
"they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"

5. (noun) clitoris, clit, button
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

6. (noun) release, button
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

7. (verb) button
any artifact that resembles a button

8. (verb) button
provide with buttons
"button a shirt"

9. (verb) button
fasten with buttons
"button the dress"

Definition of 'Button'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) button
a fastener on clothing
to button/fasten the buttons; to leave a button undone/unbuttoned

2.  button
a part on a machine that you push to make sth happen
Push the "on" button.

3.  button
a small metal or plastic sign pinned to clothing
a button saying "No More War"

4.  button
(right) on the button
exactly or exactly right
Got there at 10:00, on the button.

Definition of 'Button'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Button
a knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass

2. (noun) Button
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. (noun) Button
a bud; a germ of a plant

4. (noun) Button
a piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door

5. (noun) Button
a globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion

6. (noun) Button
to fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up

7. (noun) Button
to dress or clothe

8. (verb) Button
to be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button

Translation of 'Button'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a knob or disc used as a fastening I lost a button off my coat.
Afrikaans: knoop	Arabic: زِر	Bulgarian: копче
Brazilian: botão	Czech: knoflík	German: der Knopf
Danish: knap	Greek: κουμπί (στα ρούχα)	Spanish: botón
Estonian: nööp	Farsi: دکمه	Finnish: nappi
French: bouton	Hebrew: כַּפתוֹר	Hindi: बटन लगाना
Croatian: puce	Hungarian: gomb	Indonesian: kancing
Icelandic: hnappur, tala	Italian: bottone	Japanese: ボタン
Korean: 단추	Lithuanian: saga	Latvian: poga
Malay: butang	Dutch: knoop	Norwegian: knapp
Polish: przycisk, guzik	Persian: دکمه	Pashto: دګمه
Portuguese: botão	Romanian: nasture	Russian: пуговица
Slovak: gombík	Slovenian: gumb	Serbian: dugme
Swedish: knapp	Thai: กระดุม	Turkish: düğme
Taiwanese: 鈕扣	Ukrainian: ґудзик	Urdu: بٹن
Vietnamese: cái khuy áo	Chinese: 钮扣
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