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