Button

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Push button \Push button\ (Elec.)
     A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged
     that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric
     bell; -- called also {button}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak.
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     4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
        turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
        door.
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     5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
        crucible, after fusion.
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     {Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
        through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
  
     {Button shell} (Zool.), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Button \But"ton\, v. i.
     To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not
     button.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
              the throat in a tight green coat.     --Dickens.
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     2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  button
       n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through
            buttonholes
       2: an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "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 female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: {clitoris},
           {clit}]
       v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt"
       2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: {unbutton}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  359 Moby Thesaurus words for "button":
     a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, anchor, armory,
     articulate, badge, badge of office, badges, bagatelle, band,
     bandage, bang, bantam, banty, bar, barrette, barricade, baton,
     batten, batten down, bauble, bean, bellyband, belt, bibelot, bilge,
     bind, binding, binding stone, binding twine, bit, blain, blazonry,
     bleb, blister, blob, bobby pin, bollard, bolt, bonder, bondstone,
     boss, bow, box hook, brace, braces, brad, braid, brass farthing,
     brassard, bubble, buckle, bulb, bulge, bulla, bullion, bump, bunch,
     burl, butt, button up, cable, cahot, cap and gown, carpet tack,
     cast, casting, catch, cent, chain, chain of office, chin, chine,
     chit, choke, choke off, cinch, cincture, clamp, clap, clasp,
     class ring, cleat, click, clinch, clip, close, close up,
     clothespin, clump, cockade, collar, condyle, constrict, contain,
     contract, convex, corking pin, cotter, cover, cross, curio,
     decoration, diminutive, dovetail, dowel, dress, eagle, ear,
     emblems, ensigns, farce, farthing, fasces, fasten, feather,
     featherweight, fibula, fig, figurehead, fillet, fingerling,
     fishhook, flange, flap, fleabite, fleur-de-lis, fold, fold up,
     folderol, fribble, frippery, funiculus, gall, garter, gate, gaud,
     gewgaw, gimcrack, girdle, girth, gnarl, grab, grapnel, grappler,
     grappling iron, guy, hair, hairpin, halfpenny, hammer and sickle,
     handle, hank, hasp, hawser, haywire, heraldry, hill, hill of beans,
     hinge, hitch, hitching post, holdfast, hook, hook and eye, hump,
     hunch, ingot, inkle, insignia, interlocker, jam, jest, jog, joggle,
     joint, joke, kevel, key, kickshaw, kingpin, knickknack,
     knickknackery, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lace, lacing, lapel pin,
     lariat, latch, latchet, leader, ligament, lightweight, line, lip,
     livery, lock, lock out, lock up, loop, lump, mace, mantle,
     markings, medal, mentum, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, miter,
     mockery, mole, molehill, moorings, mortarboard, mortise, mountain,
     mouse, nail, nevus, noose, nub, nubbin, nubble, nut, occlude,
     old school tie, padlock, paper clip, papilloma, pawl, peewee, peg,
     peppercorn, picayune, pig, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pintle,
     plumb, pony, rabbet, rap, red cent, regalia, regulus, rib, ridge,
     ring, rivet, roller, rope, rose, row of pins, runt, rush,
     safety pin, scarf, school ring, screw, seal, seal off, seal up,
     secure, sennit, setscrew, sew, shamrock, sheet metal, shit,
     shoulder, shrimp, shut, shut the door, shut up, sigillography,
     skewer, skull and crossbones, slam, slide fastener, slip,
     small fry, snap, sneeshing, snip, snippet, snubbing post, sou, sow,
     sphragistics, spike, spine, splice, squeeze shut, staff, staple,
     stick, stitch, strangle, strap, straw, string, strop, stub tenon,
     stud, style, suspenders, swastika, tab, tack, tag, tartan, tendon,
     terret, thistle, thole, tholepin, thong, thumbtack, tie, tie beam,
     tit, toggle, toy, treenail, trifle, trinket, triviality, tubercle,
     tubercule, tug, tuppence, twine, two cents, twopence, uniform,
     verge, verruca, vesicle, vise, wale, wand, wart, wedge, welt,
     whang, whim-wham, wire, wisp, zip up, zipper
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)