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button
noun
a
small
,
usually
round
object
that
you
push
through
a
hole
or
loop
to
fasten
clothes
or
pieces
of
cloth
together
•
She
sewed
a
new
button
onto
her
coat
after
the
old
one
fell
off
.
She
sewed
a
new
button
onto
her
coat
after
the
old
one
fell
off
.
•
The
baby
loved
playing
with
the
bright
red
buttons
on
his
father's
shirt
.
The
baby
loved
playing
with
the
bright
red
buttons
on
his
father's
shirt
.
Middle
English
botoun
,
from
Old
French
boton
(“
bud
;
knob
”).
noun
a
small
part
on
a
machine
or
device
that
you
press
to
make
it
start
,
stop
,
or
do
something
•
Press
the
green
button
to
start
the
machine
.
Press
the
green
button
to
start
the
machine
.
•
The
elevator's
emergency
button
is
bright
red
and
easy
to
see
.
The
elevator's
emergency
button
is
bright
red
and
easy
to
see
.
Transferred
sense
from
the
clothing
fastener
to
any
small
pressable
knob
(
late
19th
c
.).
verb
-
button
,
buttoning
,
buttons
,
buttoned
to
fasten
or
close
something
by
pushing
buttons
through
the
matching
holes
or
loops
•
It's
cold
outside
,
so
button
your
coat
before
you
leave
.
It's
cold
outside
,
so
button
your
coat
before
you
leave
.
•
She
buttoned
the
baby's
tiny
sweater
carefully
.
She
buttoned
the
baby's
tiny
sweater
carefully
.
From
the
noun
sense
of
the
clothing
fastener
,
recorded
as
a
verb
since
the
16th
century
.
noun
a
clickable
icon
on
a
computer
,
phone
,
or
website
screen
that
you
tap
or
click
to
perform
an
action
•
Click
the
'Submit'
button
to
send
your
application
.
Click
the
'Submit'
button
to
send
your
application
.
•
The
mute
button
on
my
phone's
screen
turns
the
microphone
off
.
The
mute
button
on
my
phone's
screen
turns
the
microphone
off
.
Extended
metaphor
from
physical
buttons
to
virtual
ones
with
the
rise
of
graphical
user
interfaces
in
the
1980s
.
