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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 device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
   - release
    
6. Any artifact that resembles a button
    
7. A specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action
    
8. (computing) an on-screen control that can be clicked on to invoke a particular function

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

1. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
   "Canada butts on the U.S.";
   - border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against

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

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

Antonym: unbutton

Part of: push-button radio

Encyclopedia: Button, Peter