button (up) your coat

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• button — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for fastening clothes ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, top ▪ The top button of his shirt was undone. ▪ coat, shirt, etc. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• button — [[t]bʌ̱t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ buttons, buttoning, buttoned 1) N COUNT Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes. ...a coat with… …   English dictionary

• coat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of clothing ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ short ▪ three quarter length ▪ heavy, thick ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• button — but•ton [[t]ˈbʌt n[/t]] n. 1) clo a small disk, knob, or the like attached to an article, as of clothing, and serving as a fastener when passed through a buttonhole or loop 2) anything resembling a button, esp. in being small and round, as a… …   From formal English to slang

• button up — verb a) To fasten with a button or buttons. Button up your shirt cuff. It has come undone b) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm. Button up well. Its freezing outside today …   Wiktionary

• button — but|ton1 S2 [ˈbʌtn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: boton, from boter; BUTT2] 1.) a small round flat object on your shirt, coat etc which you pass through a hole to fasten it ▪ small pearl buttons ▪ A button was missing from his shirt.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• button — 1 noun 1 (C) a small round flat object on your shirt, coat etc which you pass through a hole to fasten it: do up/undo a button (=fasten or unfasten a button) 2 (C) a small round object on a machine that you press to make it work: Press the pause… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• up — I. adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on high, from Old English; both akin to Old High German ūf up and probably to Latin sub under, Greek hypo under, hyper over more at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• otherwise — oth•er•wise [[t]ˈʌð ərˌwaɪz[/t]] adv. 1) under other circumstances 2) in another manner; differently: I refuse to believe otherwise[/ex] 3) in other respects: an otherwise happy life[/ex] 4) or else: Button up your coat, otherwise you ll catch… …   From formal English to slang

• put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English