button : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: button	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for button
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
button n a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" Synonym(s): push button, push, button any of various plant parts that resemble buttons a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" a female sexual organ homologous to the penis Synonym(s): clitoris, clit, button a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism Synonym(s): release, button any artifact that resembles a button v provide with buttons; "button a shirt" fasten with buttons; "button the dress" Antonym(s): unbutton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aleppo boil \Alep"po boil\, button* \button\, [or] evil \evil\ . (Med.) A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also {Aleppo ulcer}, {Biskara boil}, {Delhi boil}, {Oriental sore}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Button \But"ton\, n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See {Butt} an end.] 1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. 2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament. 3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak. 4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. 5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. {Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. {Button shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus {Rotella}. {Button snakeroot}. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus {Liatris}, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. {Button tree} (Bot.), a genus of trees ({Conocarpus}), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. {To hold by the button}, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Button \But"ton\, v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buttoning}.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See {Button}, n.] 1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up. He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens. 2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
button 1. {push-button}. 2. A graphical representation of an electrical {push-button} appearing as part of a {graphical user interface}. Moving the {mouse pointer} over the graphical button and pressing one of the physical mouse buttons starts some software action such as closing a window or deleting a file. See also {radio button}. (1997-07-07)