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Definition: Buttoned |
ButtonedAdjective1. Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "buttoned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Synonym: ButtonedSynonym: fastened (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unbuttoned (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Obreptitious, furtive, stealthy, feline; skulking; Verb: surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner; sly; (cunning).; secretive, evasive; reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up; close, close as wax; taciturn. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Buttoned |
| English words defined with "buttoned": open-collared ♦ Sherryvallies ♦ top ♦ unbuttoned, unfastened. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "buttoned": Calf-skin, Cote-hardi ♦ Daniel Lambert, DOG IN A DOUBLET ♦ Skeleton Jackets. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He usually wore a hat with a wide brim, and a long coat of coarse cloth, buttoned to the chin. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | His furious fingers managed to flip open the only two buttons on his fly that had been buttoned. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Buttoned" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 56.14% of the time. "Buttoned" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 56.14% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 24.56% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 18.42% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 114 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "buttoned": buttoned up ♦ buttoned vs unbuttoned. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "buttoned": buttoned-down, buttoned-leather, buttoned-up. | |
Ending with "buttoned": gilt-buttoned, high-buttoned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
buttoned | 8 |
buttoned up | 4 |
buttoned collar | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "buttoned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сдържан (aloof, buttoned up, chary, composed, continent, coy, distant, modest, offish, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, stand offish, taciturn, unaffable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, undramatic, unemotional, unsociable, unsocial), мълчалив (buttoned up, mum, mute, quiet, secret, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight lipped, tongue tied, uncommunicative, unspoken), завършен (buttoned up, complete, finished, perfect, well-rounded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 按 (buttoned-up, Buttoning, Had, HAS, have, Having, Pressed, Pressing, press-up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | knapsko (buttoned shoe), knaplukning mod hoejre (left over right buttoned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bandschoentje (buttoned shoe), links over rechts sluitende knoopsluiting (left over right buttoned), hop-springrups (buttoned moth, buttoned snout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | humalayökkönen (buttoned moth, buttoned snout), hihnakenkä (buttoned shoe), hihnakas (buttoned shoe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | boutonnage s'effectuant partie gauche sur partie droite (left over right buttoned), Charles IX (buttoned shoe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geknöpft. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κούμπωμα του αριστερού μέρους στο δεξί μέρος (left over right buttoned), κουμπώμενοσ (buttoned up), κουμπωτό παπούτσι (buttoned shoe), υπόδημα με μπαρέτα και αγκράφα (buttoned shoe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכופתר, רכוס (fastened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gombos cipő (button boots, buttoned boots). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Carlo IX (buttoned shoe), abbottonatura da sinistra a destra (left over right buttoned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 단"를 끼우". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bootsyn crammanagh (buttoned boots). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uttonedbay sapato Carlos IX (buttoned shoe), abotoamento que se efectua da parte direita sobre a parte esquerda (left over right buttoned). (various references) modelo Mercedes (buttoned shoe). (various references) slejfsko (buttoned shoe), puckligt näbbfly (buttoned moth, buttoned snout), hopknnäppt (buttoned up). (various references) başarıyla tamamlanmış (buttoned up), sesi çıkmayan (buttoned up), fazla konuşmayan (buttoned up). (various references) botwmog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hypena rostralis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "buttoned": misbuttoned, rebuttoned, unbuttoned. (additional references) | |
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"Buttoned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: batoned, Botende, Bottone, Boutonne, buitone, buttine, Puttonen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "buttoned" (pronounced bu"tund) |
| 6 | b u" t u n d | unbuttoned. |
| 4 | -t u n d | brightened, cottoned, destined, disheartened, enlightened, fattened, flattened, frightened, heartened, heightened, lightened, predestined, shortened, straightened, sweetened, threatened, tightened, unenlightened. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, strengthened, summoned, thickened, thousand, toughened, unburdened, undetermined, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, widened, wizened, worsened. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-n-o-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: bunted, butted, button, nutted, obtund, tenuto, touted. | |
-3 letters: beton, boned, bound, bundt, buteo, butte, debut, donut, doubt, noted, outed, toned, toted, tubed, tuned. | |
-4 letters: bedu, bend, bent, bode, bond, bone, bott, bout, bund, bunt, bute, butt, debt, dent, done, dote, duet, dune, dunt, ebon, nett, node, note, nude, tend, tent, toed, tone, tote. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-n-o-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: rebuttoned, unbuttoned. | |
+3 letters: buttonholed, contributed, misbuttoned, outdebating, thunderbolt. | |
+4 letters: battleground, buttonhooked, thunderbolts, unobstructed. | |
+5 letters: battlegrounds, postdebutante, subcontracted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 74 74 6F 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- - - --- -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110100 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u t t o n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0074 0074 006F 006E 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3687868681807170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán, tysk, alman, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, Groegwr |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk, kore'li |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, Saesneg |
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