Definizione monolingua

button

button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a button. [from the late 14th c.]

button (plural buttons)

1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from the mid-13th c.]

   April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

2. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

   Pat pushed the button marked ""shred"" on the blender.

3. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

   Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browsers home page.

4. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

   The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan ""Vote Smart"" emblazoned on it.

5. (botany) A bud.
6. (slang) The clitoris.
7. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
8. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
9. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealers button.
10. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
11. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.

Definizione dizionario button

	bottone
	knob or small disc serving as a fastener

	pulsante
	A movable piece on a device that is pressed to activate some function.

	clitoride
	A female sexual organ homologous to the penis, located at the upped side of the vulva, between the labia majora.

abbottonare

allacciare

brufolo

command button

distintivo

germoglio

manopola

tasto

Altri significati:

botany: a bud

A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from the mid-13th c.]

In computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attatched function.

a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger

curling: bullseye

(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.

a badge worn on clothes

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected

to fasten with a button

slang: clitoris

(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

(slang) The clitoris.

A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

To fasten with a button or buttons.

poker: dealer's button

(botany) A bud.

(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

(transitive) To fasten with a button. [from the late 14th c.]

(to) button

A fastener consisting of a knob or disc that is passed through a slit in the adjacent material.

In curling it is the center (bullseye) of the house.

fencing: a soft tip of the foil

A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also '''dealer's button''' .

(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.