button
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French boton (French bouton), itself either from Late Latin *bottōnem, probably ultimately from a Germanic language, or from bouter + -on.
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[edit] Noun
button (plural buttons)
- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from the mid-13th c.]
- April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
- A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
- (botany) A bud.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
[edit] Usage notes
For the senses 2 and 3, a button is often marked by a verb rather than a noun, and the button itself is called with the verb and button. For example, a button to start something is generally called start button.
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Derived terms
[edit] Translations
knob or small disc serving as a fastener
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a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger
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in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected
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a badge worn on clothes
botany: a bud
slang: clitoris
fencing: a soft tip of the foil
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[edit] Verb
button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)
- (transitive) To fasten with a button. [from the late 14th c.]
[edit] Translations
to fasten with a button
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