1 a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is sewn onto a piece of clothing and used for fastening two parts together: (BrE) to do up / undo your buttons * (AmE) to button / unbutton your buttons * to sew on a button * shirt buttons * a row of gilt buttons
2 a small part of a machine that you press to make it work:
the play / stop / rewind button * Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift. * Choose 'printer' from the menu and click with the right mouse button. * The windows slide down at the touch of a button.
seealsoPUSH-BUTTON
3 (especially AmE) a BADGE, especially one with a message printed on it:
He wore a button saying 'Life begins at 40!'
seealsoBELLYBUTTON
IDIOMS see BRIGHTadj.
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (up) to fasten sth with buttons:
She hurriedly buttoned (up) her blouse.
2 [V] ~ (up) to be fastened with buttons:
[V] The dress buttons (up) at the back.
IDIOMS
button it! (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb rudely to be quiet
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