1a : a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop. b : a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan campaign button. 2 : something that resembles a button: such as.
button used as a noun:
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. “April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.” A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
Definition of button up
transitive verb. 1 : to close tightly and securely a tank buttoned up and ready for action. 2 : to carry to completion button up an order or assignment. 3 : to bring to complete and final decision or irrevocable settlement.
slang intellect; mental capacity (in such phrases as a button short, to have all one’s buttons, etc)
B1. a small, usually circular object used to fasten something, for example a shirt or coat: I did up/undid (= fastened/unfastened) the buttons on my blouse. malerapaso/E+/GettyImages.
In computing, the term button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) refers to any graphical control element that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming an action.
As nouns the difference between bottom and button
is that bottom is the lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses: while button is a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
What does mean bottom up?
Definition of bottom-up
: progressing upward from the lowest levels (as of a stratified organization or system) bottom-up management.
phrasal verb. If you do something up, you fasten it. Mari did up the buttons. [ VERB PARTICLE noun]
YES. They’re both valid terms, but here is the difference: A button up is a shirt that buttons up the front of the body all the way. A button down is a shirt that has buttons on the collar points that you can, well, button down.
The etymology of button is as follows: late Latin bottonem became the French bouton and subsequently the English button. The word cute is an abbreviated form of acute, which means small (you may remember something of acute angles in geometry). So, the sources of cute and acute are the same.
Ian McNeil (1990) holds that “the button was originally used more as an ornament than as a fastening, the earliest known being found at Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley.Functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening or closing clothes appeared in Germany in the 13th century.
The definition of a button is a small disk used for fastening two parts of a garment, or is used to operate something. An example of a button is the disk pulled through a buttonhole to close a shirt. An example of a button is what you push to change the channels on a remote control.
I’m a new immigrant to the U.S. I have noticed some people from work pronouncing the word Button differently. They would pronounce Button as buh-Inn.
1. shirt button – a button on a shirt. button – a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes. shirt – a garment worn on the upper half of the body. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection.
The Indus Valley Civilisation are credited with the invention of the button and the earliest one we have in existence today dates from around 2000BCE and is made from a curved shell. The first buttons were used as ornamental embellishments to a person’s attire and signified wealth or status.
A button is a small, flat, round object often found on clothing. It can also describe the round disc you press to turn on an electronic device, like the button you push to turn on your computer.Button can also be a verb, which describes the act of fastening buttons, like when you button your shirt.
Here are some tricks to determine whether a button is very old:
- It shows signs of being handmade, such as a lack of uniformity.
- The button displays an antique style, such as Art Nouveau or Art Deco.
- The back of the button is not a uniform texture.
- There are no mold lines to indicate machine manufacturing.
Buttons are primarily used to “do something” on a website. If the action is to created, edit, delete or anything else to some piece of information, use a button. A good rule of thumb is that if there are input fields for data there is a good change buttons should be used.
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Advertisements. A Button is a Push-button which can be pressed, or clicked, by the user to perform an action.
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