Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To fasten with a button.

    застёгиватьzastjógivatʹ, застегну́тьzastegnútʹ

    fasten with buttons

  2. (intransitive)To be fastened by a button or buttons.

    The coat will not button.

    provide with buttons

  3. (informal)To stop talking.

Examples

804 sentences
  1. Your shirt has a button missing.

    На твоїй сорочці не вистачає гудзика. — deniko

    ruНа твоей рубашке отсутствует одна пуговица. — Balamax

    deAn deinem Hemd fehlt ein Knopf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom almost pushed the wrong button.

    Том ледве не натиснув не на ту кнопку. — shanghainese

    ruТом чуть не нажал на неверную кнопку. — odexed

    deTom hätte fast den falschen Knopf gedrückt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom pushed the button, but nothing happened.

    Том натиснув на кнопку, але нічого не сталося. — deniko

    ruТом нажал на кнопку, но ничего не случилось. — Selena777

    deTom drückte auf den Knopf, doch nichts passierte. — brauchinet

  4. I didn't know which button to push.

    Я не знала, на яку кнопку натискати. — deniko

    ruЯ не знал, на какую кнопку нажать. — marafon

  5. Can you tell me which button to press?

    Скажіть мені, будь ласка, яку натиснути кнопку? — deniko

    ruВы можете сказать мне, какую кнопку мне нажать? — vladb314

    deKönnen Sie mir sagen, auf welchen Knopf ich drücken muss? — MUIRIEL

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to fasten with a button:

Origin

From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).

From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).

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Forms

buttons, buttoning, buttoned, buttoned
Base formbutton · to button
3rd person singularbuttons
Present participlebuttoning
Past simplebuttoned
Past participlebuttoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybutton
he, she, itbuttons

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuttoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave buttoned
he, she, ithas buttoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill button

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • push the button
  • pressed the button
  • press this button
  • push this button
  • sewed a button
  • the wrong button
  • the red button
  • a button on
  • red button
  • buttoned up his
  • wrong button
  • red button or

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
button — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto