Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to button down sth
Participle: buttoned down sth
Gerund: buttoning down sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | button down sth |
| you | button down sth |
| he;she;it | buttons down sth |
| we | button down sth |
| you | button down sth |
| they | button down sth |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned down sth |
| you | have buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | has buttoned down sth |
| we | have buttoned down sth |
| you | have buttoned down sth |
| they | have buttoned down sth |
Past
| I | buttoned down sth |
| you | buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | buttoned down sth |
| we | buttoned down sth |
| you | buttoned down sth |
| they | buttoned down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned down sth |
| you | had buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | had buttoned down sth |
| we | had buttoned down sth |
| you | had buttoned down sth |
| they | had buttoned down sth |
Future
| I | will button down sth |
| you | will button down sth |
| he;she;it | will button down sth |
| we | will button down sth |
| you | will button down sth |
| they | will button down sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttoned down sth |
| you | will have buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | will have buttoned down sth |
| we | will have buttoned down sth |
| you | will have buttoned down sth |
| they | will have buttoned down sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | button down sth |
| you | button down sth |
| he;she;it | button down sth |
| we | button down sth |
| you | button down sth |
| they | button down sth |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned down sth |
| you | have buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | have buttoned down sth |
| we | have buttoned down sth |
| you | have buttoned down sth |
| they | have buttoned down sth |
Imperfect
| I | buttoned down sth |
| you | buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | buttoned down sth |
| we | buttoned down sth |
| you | buttoned down sth |
| they | buttoned down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned down sth |
| you | had buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | had buttoned down sth |
| we | had buttoned down sth |
| you | had buttoned down sth |
| they | had buttoned down sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would button down sth |
| you | would button down sth |
| he;she;it | would button down sth |
| we | would button down sth |
| you | would button down sth |
| they | would button down sth |
Perfect
| I | would have buttoned down sth |
| you | would have buttoned down sth |
| he;she;it | would have buttoned down sth |
| we | would have buttoned down sth |
| you | would have buttoned down sth |
| they | would have buttoned down sth |
Imperative
| you | button down sth |
| we | Let's button down sth |
| you | button down sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'button'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'button'
baton,
batoon,
batten,
bottom,
butt,
butter,
buttle,
butty,
cotton,
glutton,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1265, from O.Fr. bouton, boton "a button, bud," from bouter, boter "to thrust" (see butt (v.)). Thus a button is, etymologically, something that pushes up, or thrusts out. Button-hole (n.) is from 1561; the verb is from 1862, an alteration of button-hold (1834) "to catch someone by the button and hold him in conversation against his will."
2. From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. [1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 50, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:]
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The coat will not button.