button - English word #686

Translation

A small round thing that you push through a hole to close your clothes.

Word origin

From Old French bouton, a bud or knob, from a word meaning to push.

Gender

Pluralbuttons

top .

"Button" is the small round thing that closes clothes.

off .

"Buttons" is the plural, meaning more than one button.

machine.

Here "button" is a small part you push to make something work.

push

To press on something with your hands to move it away from you.

small

Little in size or amount, not big.

open

To move something so that it is no longer shut.

close

To move something so it is shut and not open.

hold

To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.

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