buttoning
present participle ofbutton
button
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈbʌt.ən/us/ˈbʌt̬.ən/tofastensomething, usually apieceofclothing, using buttons:
Button(up)yourcoat, it'scoldoutside.
Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- buckle
- buckled
- button fly
- button-through
- cinch
- eyelet
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- grommet
- hook and eye
- sash
- snap
- snap fastener
- stud
- suspender
- toggle
- Velcro
- zipsomething/someoneup
Idioms
button it
button your lip
Examplesofbuttoning
buttoning
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The counter occluder forms a double-eight figure on the right side of the atrial septum afterbuttoning.
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Some people very much disliked the old cavalry mess dressbuttoningtight up to the throat.
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To use a local colloquialism, we had what we called "buttoningplaces ".
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Then he began to have problemsbuttoningup shirts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Arm-onset patients may experience difficulty with tasks requiring manual dexterity such asbuttoninga shirt, writing, or turning a key in a lock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He always wore several jackets,buttoningor unbuttoning them according to season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fine motor abilities, such as writing andbuttoningclothes, became impaired during an attack.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Buttoningand button holing are completed and much of the finishing touches such as sewing the point of the vee are done by hand.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead ofbuttoningtogether in the middle, the sides are pulled against the wearers body, the right flap close to the body with the left covering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The emancipation bodice was a tight sleeveless vest,buttoningup the front, with rows of buttons along the bottom to which could be attached petticoats and skirt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another patient was observed to bebuttoningup her blouse with her controlled dominant hand while the alien non-dominant hand, at the same time, was unbuttoning her blouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Knox was able to derive, using his "buttoningup" procedure, some of the wiring of the rotor that had been loaded in the fast position on that day.
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- legislative activity
- legislative agenda
- legislative approval
- legislative assembly
- legislative-assembly
- legislative attempt
- legislative authority
- legislative branch
- legislative chamber
- legislative change
- legislative committee
- legislative council
- legislative-council
- legislative district
- legislative effort
- legislative framework
- legislative history
- legislative initiative
- legislative intent
- legislative measure
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