noun
- A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes.
- An electrical switch operated by pressing.
- usage: "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
- synonyms: push button, push
- Any of various plant parts that resemble buttons.
- A round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment.
- usage: "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"
- A female sexual organ homologous to the penis.
- A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.
- synonyms: release
- Any artifact that resembles a button.
verb
- Provide with buttons.
- usage: "button a shirt"
- Fasten with buttons.
- usage: "button the dress"
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