button
verb/ˈbʌtn/
/ˈbʌtn/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they button | /ˈbʌtn/ /ˈbʌtn/ |
| he / she / it buttons | /ˈbʌtnz/ /ˈbʌtnz/ |
| past simple buttoned | /ˈbʌtnd/ /ˈbʌtnd/ |
| past participle buttoned | /ˈbʌtnd/ /ˈbʌtnd/ |
| -ing form buttoning | /ˈbʌtnɪŋ/ /ˈbʌtnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to fasten something with buttons; to fasten the buttons on a piece of clothing somebody is wearing
- button something (up) She buttoned (up) her blouse.
- button somebody into something She buttoned the child into his coat.
- [intransitive] button (up) to be fastened with buttons
- The dress buttons (up) at the back.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to the verb butt.
Idioms
See button in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybutton it!
- (British English, informal) used to tell somebody rudely to be quiet
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