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but⋅ton

  [buht-n]
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–noun
1. a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
2. anything resembling a button, esp. in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc.
3. a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons.
4. any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc.
5. Botany. a bud or other protuberant part of a plant.
6. Mycology.
a. a young or undeveloped mushroom.
b. any protuberant part of a fungus.
7. Zoology. any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake.
8. Boxing Informal. the point of the chin.
9. Also called turn button. a fastener for a door, window, etc., having two arms and rotating on a pivot that is attached to the frame.
10. Metallurgy. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.
11. Fencing. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil.
12. Horology. crown (def. 19).
13. Computers. (in a graphical user interface) any of the small, labeled areas upon which the user can click with a mouse to choose an option.
–verb (used with object)
14. to fasten with a button or buttons: She quickly buttoned her coat.
15. to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop: He buttoned the top button of his shirt.
16. to provide (something) with a button or buttons.
–verb (used without object)
17. to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.
—Idioms
18. button up, Informal.
a. Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent.
b. to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up.
c. to fasten fully or put on, esp. an outer garment: Button up before going out.
d. to complete successfully; finish: The report is all buttoned up.
19. have all one's buttons, Informal. to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one's wits: At 106 she still has all her buttons.
20. on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME boto(u)n < AF: rosehip, button, stud; MF boton, equiv. to boter to butt 3 + -on n. suffix

Related forms:
but⋅ton⋅er, noun
but⋅ton⋅like, adjective
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But⋅ton

  [buht-n]
–noun
Richard Tot⋅ten  [tot-n] , (Dick), born 1929, U.S. figure skater.

crown

  [kroun]
–noun
1. any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
2. a similar ornamental headgear worn by a person designated king or queen in a pageant, contest, etc.
3. an ornamental wreath or circlet for the head, conferred by the ancients as a mark of victory, athletic or military distinction, etc.
4. the distinction that comes from a great achievement.
5. the power or dominion of a sovereign.
6. (often initial capital letter) the sovereign as head of the state, or the supreme governing power of a state under a monarchical government.
7. any crownlike emblem or design, as in a heraldic crest.
8. the top or highest part of anything, as of a hat or a mountain.
9. the top of the head: Jack fell down and broke his crown.
10. Dentistry.
a. the part of a tooth that is covered by enamel.
b. an artificial substitute, as of gold or porcelain, for the crown of a tooth.
11. the highest point of any construction of convex section or outline, as an arch, vault, deck, or road.
12. the highest or most nearly perfect state of anything.
13. an exalting or chief attribute.
14. the acme or supreme source of honor, excellence, beauty, etc.
15. something having the form of a crown, as the corona of a flower.
16. Botany.
a. the leaves and living branches of a tree.
b. the point at which the root of a seed plant joins the stem.
c. a circle of appendages on the throat of the corolla; corona.
17. the crest, as of a bird.
18. Architecture.
a. a termination of a tower consisting of a lanternlike steeple supported entirely by a number of flying buttresses.
b. any ornamental termination of a tower or turret.
19. Also called button. Horology. a knurled knob for winding a watch.
20. any of various coins bearing the figure of a crown or crowned head.
21. a former silver coin of the United Kingdom, equal to five shillings: retained in circulation equal to 25 new pence after decimalization in 1971.
22. the monetary unit of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden: a krona or krone.
23. the koruna of Czechoslovakia.
24. a crimped metal bottle cap.
25. crown glass.
26. Cookery. crown roast.
27. Also called bezel, top. Jewelry. the part of a cut gem above the girdle.
28. a drill bit consisting of a metal matrix holding diamond chips.
29. Also called head. Nautical. the part of an anchor at which the arms join the shank.
30. Machinery.
a. a slight convexity given to a pulley supporting a flat belt in order to center the belt.
b. a slight convexity given to the outer faces of the teeth of two gears so that they mesh toward their centers rather than at the ends.
31. a size of printing paper, 15 × 20 in. (38 × 51 cm). Compare double crown.
32. Nautical, Machinery. swallow 1 (def. 12).
33. Knots. a knot made by interweaving the strands at the end of a rope, often made as the beginning of a back splice or as the first stage in tying a more elaborate knot.
34. a crownpiece.
–verb (used with object)
35. to invest with a regal crown, or with regal dignity and power.
36. to place a crown or garland upon the head of.
37. to honor or reward; invest with honor, dignity, etc.
38. to be at the top or highest part of.
39. to complete worthily; bring to a successful or triumphant conclusion: The award crowned his career.
40. Informal. to hit on the top of the head: She crowned her brother with a picture book.
41. to give to (a construction) an upper surface of convex section or outline.
42. to cap (a tooth) with a false crown.
43. Checkers. to change (a checker) into a king after having safely reached the last row.
44. Knots. to form a crown on (the end of a rope).
–verb (used without object)
45. Medicine/Medical. (of a baby in childbirth) to reach a stage in delivery where the largest diameter of the fetal head is emerging from the pelvic outlet.
Origin:
1125–75; ME coroune, cr(o)une < AF coroune < L corōna wreath; see corona

Related forms:
crownless, adjective
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but·ton   (bŭt'n)   
n.  

    1. A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.

    2. Such an object used for decoration.

    3. A push-button switch.

    4. The blunt tip of a fencing foil.

    5. A fused metal or glass globule.

    6. In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.

    7. In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.

    8. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.

    9. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.

  2. Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:

    1. A push-button switch.

    2. The blunt tip of a fencing foil.

    3. A fused metal or glass globule.

    4. In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.

    5. In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.

    6. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.

    7. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.

  3. Computer Science

    1. In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.

    2. In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.

    3. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.

    4. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.

  4. Any of various knoblike structures of a plant or animal, especially:

    1. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.

    2. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.

  5. A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment: a campaign button.

  6. Informal The end of the chin, regarded as the point of impact for a punch.

v.   but·toned, but·ton·ing, but·tons

v.   tr.

  1. To fasten with buttons: buttoned his shirt; buttoned up her raincoat.

  2. To decorate or furnish with buttons.

  3. Informal To close (the lips or mouth): Button your lip.

v.   intr.
To be or be capable of being fastened with buttons: The blouse buttons up the back.
Phrasal Verb(s):
button up

  1. To fasten one's clothing tightly, as against cold weather.

  2. To close or seal securely: button up the cabin for winter.

  3. To complete the final details of: "Publication is a couple of months off; they're just buttoning up paperback rights" (Donald Dale Jackson).


Idiom(s):
on the buttonExactly; precisely.

[Middle English, from Old French bouton, from bouter, to thrust, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]
but'ton·er n., but'ton·y adj.
But·ton   (bŭt'n)   
American figure skater who was U.S. men's champion from 1946 to 1952 and won Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

crown

The part of a tooth above the gum, covered with enamel.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
button

  1. n.
    the termination of a recitation; the punch line of a joke; a zinger. (The equivalent of a button punched to signal a response.) : When I got to the button, I realized that I had told the whole joke wrong.
  2. n.
    a police officer's badge or shield. : The guy flashed his button, so I let him in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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crown

  1. tv.
    to hit someone on the head. : The clerk crowned the robber with a champagne bottle.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

crown 
1111, from Anglo-Fr. coroune, from O.Fr. corone, from L. corona "crown," originally "wreath, garland," related to Gk. korone "anything curved, kind of crown." (O.E. used corona, directly from L.) Extended to coins bearing the imprint of a crown (1430), especially the British silver 5-shilling piece. Also monetary units in Iceland, Sweden (krona), Norway, Denmark (krone), and formerly in Ger. Empire and Austria-Hungary (krone). Meaning "top of the skull" is from c.1300. The verb is from c.1175. Crown-prince is 1791, a translation of Ger. kronprinz.

button 
1265, from O.Fr. bouton, boton "a button, bud," from bouter, boter "to thrust" (see butt (v.)). Thus a button is, etymologically, something that pushes up, or thrusts out. Button-hole (n.) is from 1561; the verb is from 1862, an alteration of button-hold (1834) "to catch someone by the button and hold him in conversation against his will."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: but·ton
Pronunciation: 'b&t-&n
Function: noun
: something that resembles a small knob or disk: as a : the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle b : COTYLEDON 1

Main Entry: 2crown
Function: transitive verb
: to put an artificial crown on (a tooth) crown intransitive senses
in childbirth : to appear at the vaginal opening —used of the first part (as the crown of the head) of the infant to appear crowned>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

button but·ton (bŭt'n)
n.
A knob-like structure, device, or lesion.

crown (kroun)
n.

  1. The top or highest part of bodily structure, especially the head.

  2. The part of a tooth that is covered by enamel and projects beyond the gum line.

  3. An artificial substitute for the natural crown of a tooth.

v. crowned, crown·ing, crowns

  1. To put a crown on a tooth.

  2. To reach a stage in labor when a large segment of the fetal scalp is visible at the vaginal orifice. Used of a fetus or the head of a fetus.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

button
1. push-button.
2. A graphical representation of an electrical push-button appearing as part of a graphical user interface. Moving the mouse pointer over the graphical button and pressing one of the physical mouse buttons starts some software action such as closing a window or deleting a file.
See also radio button.
(1997-07-07)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

button

In addition to the idioms beginning with button, also see cute as a button; have all one's buttons; on the button; push (press) someone's buttons; push the panic button.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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