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Englisch > Deutsch
button
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Knopf (Kleidung)
3. [2] Knopf (zum Drücken)
4. [3] Abzeichen, meist rund und klein
5. [4] allgemein etwas, das einem Kleidungsknopf ähnelt
[1] a shirt with buttons
[2] Do not push the red button!
[3] a campaign button
6. Verb:
7. [1] knöpfen, mit Knöpfen versehen
8. [2] "button up": zuknöpfen
[1] a buttoned shirt
[2] button up a shirt
Englisch > Englisch
button
1. subst. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
2. subst. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
3. subst. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
4. subst. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
5. subst. (botany) A bud.
6. subst. (slang) The clitoris.
7. subst. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
8. subst. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
9. subst. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
10. subst. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
11. subst. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
12. subst. (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
13. subst. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
14. subst. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
15. subst. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
16. subst. A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
17. subst. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
18. subst. The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
19. subst. (lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
20. subst. (lutherie) (synonym of endbutton).
21. subst. (lutherie, bowmaking) (synonym of adjuster).
22. subst. The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
23. subst. (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
Your sketch was hilarious but the button didn't even make me laugh, which is a problem; the button should be the strongest line in your scene.
24. v. To fasten with a button.
25. v. (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.
The coat will not button.
Deutsch > Englisch
Knopf
1. subst. button (fastener)
2. subst. button (mechanical device)
3. subst. stud, knob, e.g. a doorknob
4. subst. (Austria) a simple knot

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Beispielsätze

A button has come off my coat.      Ein Knopf von meinem Mantel ist abgegangen. What happens if I press this button?      Was passiert, wenn ich diesen Knopf drücke? Push this button and the door will open.      Zum Öffnen der Tür diesen Knopf drücken. If you push this button, the door will open.      Wenn du diesen Knopf drückst, öffnet sich die Tür. In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.      Im Brandfall die Scheibe einschlagen und den roten Knopf drücken.

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