button (n.)

  1. a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

  2. an electrical switch operated by pressing; the elevator was operated by push buttons; the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk

    [ Syn: push button , push ]

  3. any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

  4. a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate'

  5. a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

    [ Syn: clitoris , clit ]

  6. a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

    [ Syn: release ]

  7. any artifact that resembles a button

    button (v.)

  1. provide with buttons; button a shirt'

  2. fasten with buttons; button the dress'

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