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"
   - 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
   - clitoris, clit 
6. A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
   - release 
7. Any artifact that resembles a button

1. Provide with buttons
   "button a shirt" 
2. Fasten with buttons
   "button the dress"

1. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
   - border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against

Derived forms: butted on, butts on, buttoned, buttoning, butting on, buttons

See also: buttony

Type of: add, adjoin, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], badge, contact, device, electric switch, electrical switch, erectile organ, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, holdfast, meet, plant part, plant structure, secure, switch, touch

Antonym: unbutton

Part of: push-button radio, vulva

Encyclopedia: Button Button, Button Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

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