Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to button sth down
Participle: buttoned sth down
Gerund: buttoning sth down
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | button sth down |
| you | button sth down |
| he;she;it | buttons sth down |
| we | button sth down |
| you | button sth down |
| they | button sth down |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned sth down |
| you | have buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | has buttoned sth down |
| we | have buttoned sth down |
| you | have buttoned sth down |
| they | have buttoned sth down |
Past
| I | buttoned sth down |
| you | buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | buttoned sth down |
| we | buttoned sth down |
| you | buttoned sth down |
| they | buttoned sth down |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned sth down |
| you | had buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | had buttoned sth down |
| we | had buttoned sth down |
| you | had buttoned sth down |
| they | had buttoned sth down |
Future
| I | will button sth down |
| you | will button sth down |
| he;she;it | will button sth down |
| we | will button sth down |
| you | will button sth down |
| they | will button sth down |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttoned sth down |
| you | will have buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | will have buttoned sth down |
| we | will have buttoned sth down |
| you | will have buttoned sth down |
| they | will have buttoned sth down |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | button sth down |
| you | button sth down |
| he;she;it | button sth down |
| we | button sth down |
| you | button sth down |
| they | button sth down |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned sth down |
| you | have buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | have buttoned sth down |
| we | have buttoned sth down |
| you | have buttoned sth down |
| they | have buttoned sth down |
Imperfect
| I | buttoned sth down |
| you | buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | buttoned sth down |
| we | buttoned sth down |
| you | buttoned sth down |
| they | buttoned sth down |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned sth down |
| you | had buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | had buttoned sth down |
| we | had buttoned sth down |
| you | had buttoned sth down |
| they | had buttoned sth down |
Conditional
Present
| I | would button sth down |
| you | would button sth down |
| he;she;it | would button sth down |
| we | would button sth down |
| you | would button sth down |
| they | would button sth down |
Perfect
| I | would have buttoned sth down |
| you | would have buttoned sth down |
| he;she;it | would have buttoned sth down |
| we | would have buttoned sth down |
| you | would have buttoned sth down |
| they | would have buttoned sth down |
Imperative
| you | button sth down |
| we | Let's button sth down |
| you | button sth down |
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.