to button
- verb
- /ˈbʌtən/
- Tasks include classic ADLs, such as brushing teeth, buttoning a shirt/blouse, and eating with a fork or spoon.
- button a shirt
A button up is a shirt that you button in the front.
- A button up is a shirt that you button in the front.
- I can pull them up and button them, but for what?
Examples
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Maybe you button up your sweater.
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Just keep it buttoned and no one will notice.
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I can pull them up and button them, but for what?
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And then I button in one wall at a time.
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Why haven't you ever learned how to button a coat?
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Button up your overcoat in the wintry breeze
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A stereo blares Chicago blues as Brian buttons up his uniform in the mirror.
Fiction book (1991) -
Maggie was just buttoning her blouse, the baby held over the crook of her arm.
Fiction book (1990) -
His overcoat was buttoned.
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You should button your shirt before going to the interview.
Synonyms
To close something by moving a sliding tab that joins two rows of teeth
To fasten something with a band so it stays in place
To close clothes or bags by moving a sliding piece along two rows of teeth
To fasten something with a small hook or buckle
To fasten something with a small rod pushed through a loop
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A small button on a device that returns it to its original settings when you press it
A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes
- Indian
A small ground bird like a quail that lives on grassy plains and has no hind toe
A coarse prickly plant from the United States that lives for many years and has round flower heads
- Specialized
A North American wildflower with small round flower heads on tall spikes
A tropical plant with bright rose, red, or purple flowers that keep their color when dried
A plant from Europe and Asia that grows each year with bright blue, purple, pink, or white flowers
- Indian
A small fern with round buttonlike growths on its leaves that grows in warm, humid places
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Button as a verb comes from the same idea: from Old French bouton meaning a 'bud' or little 'knob', because to button is to fasten clothes with those small round pieces.