button
noun
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.
buttoned
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past participleof button.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof button.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
buttonnouna 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.
Example Sentences
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Taylor wore the coat fully buttoned up, ready to throw it off for a dramatic reveal later in the evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
By keeping buttoned up about its plans and intentions, Team Trump appears to have spared itself the Pottery Barn rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
She put her dress on and Versh buttoned it.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
