Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - button
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n. & v. --n. 1 a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a buttonhole, or as an ornament or badge. 2 a knob on a piece of esp. electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it. 3 a a small round object (chocolate buttons). b (attrib.) anything resembling a button (button nose). 4 a a bud. b a button mushroom. 5 Fencing a terminal knob on a foil making it harmless. --v. 1 tr. & intr. = button up 1. 2 tr. supply with buttons. Phrases and idioms buttonball tree (or button wood) US a plane-tree, Platanus occidentalis. button chrysanthemum a variety of chrysanthemum with small spherical flowers. buttoned up colloq. 1 formal and inhibited in manner. 2 silent. button one's lip esp. US sl. remain silent. button mushroom a young unopened mushroom. button-through (of a dress) fastened with buttons from neck to hem like a coat. button up 1 fasten with buttons. 2 colloq. complete (a task etc.) satisfactorily. 3 colloq. become silent. not worth a button worthless. on the button esp. US sl. precisely. Derivatives buttoned adj. buttonless adj. buttony adj. Etymology: ME f. OF bouton, ult. f. Gmc
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: butt Date: 14th century 1. a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a ~hole or loop, a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan , something that resembles a ~: as, any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: as, bud, an immature whole mushroom, the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle, a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying), a guard on the tip of a fencing foil, 3. push ~, something (as a push ~) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (as a nuclear attack) , a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response , a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function, the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow, ~less adjective II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb to furnish or decorate with ~s, 2. to pass (a ~) through a ~hole or loop, to close or fasten with ~s, 3. to close (the lips) to prevent speech , to close or seal tightly, intransitive verb to have ~s for fastening , ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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