--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 58 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 58 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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such as a street or station, for money from people passing by.[↗](../../busk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To busk it is to improvise, to do something without preparing.[↗](../../busk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A man was busking with his guitar outside the station.[↗](../../busk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People threw coins into the busker's hat.[↗](../../busk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My big brother busks at the market on Saturdays.[↗](../../busk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You may need a licence to busk in some cities.[↗](../../busk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The juggler busked for the crowd in Covent Garden.[↗](../../busk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I forgot my notes, so I had to busk it.[↗](../../busk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She started busking at fifteen and is now a famous singer.[↗](../../busk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **busker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who plays music, sings, juggles or performs in the street or another public place for money from people passing by.[↗](../../busker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A busker was playing the guitar outside the station.[↗](../../busker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We gave the busker a pound for his song.[↗](../../busker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The busker juggled fire on the street corner.[↗](../../busker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many famous musicians started as buskers.[↗](../../busker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My big brother went busking with his violin.[↗](../../busker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Buskers need a permit in some cities.[↗](../../busker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) To bust something is to break it: «I bust my bike».[↗](../../bust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bust is a statue of a person's head, shoulders and chest.[↗](../../bust/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bust is a woman's chest, or its measurement for clothes.[↗](../../bust/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) Go bust means a business runs out of money and closes.[↗](../../bust/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) To bust someone is to catch them doing wrong or arrest them; a bust is a police raid.[↗](../../bust/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (slang) «Busted!» means «you've been caught!».[↗](../../bust/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I bust my headphones when I sat on them.[↗](../../bust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a marble bust of the old queen in the museum.[↗](../../bust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy shop went bust and closed.[↗](../../bust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Busted\![↗](../../bust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") I saw you take the last biscuit\![↗](../../bust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police made a big drugs bust.[↗](../../bust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We bust a gut to finish the model on time.[↗](../../bust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dressmaker measured her bust, waist and hips.[↗](../../bust/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Alfred decided to take a bust of Kaela as well as of her mother.[↗](../../bust/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bustard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bustard is a large, heavy bird with long legs that walks on grasslands and open plains; it can fly, but prefers to run.[↗](../../bustard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The great bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world.[↗](../../bustard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The great bustard is one of the heaviest birds that can fly.[↗](../../bustard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bustard strutted across the dry grassland.[↗](../../bustard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are bringing bustards back to England.[↗](../../bustard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Australian bustard can stand very still to hide.[↗](../../bustard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The male bustard puffs out its feathers to show off.[↗](../../bustard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a bustard on our trip to the outback.[↗](../../bustard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bustle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) Busy, noisy activity with lots of people moving about: the hustle and bustle of the city.[↗](../../bustle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To move around quickly and busily.[↗](../../bustle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A pad or frame worn under the back of a long skirt in the 1800s to make it puff out.[↗](../../bustle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I love the hustle and bustle of the market.[↗](../../bustle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma bustled about the kitchen making tea.[↗](../../bustle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses bustled in and out of the ward.[↗](../../bustle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Victorian ladies wore bustles under their dresses.[↗](../../bustle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was bustling with tourists.[↗](../../bustle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The station was full of bustle at rush hour.[↗](../../bustle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This was long before daybreak; and then they bustled away as quick as lightning.[↗](../../bustle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **busy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a lot to do; working on something now: «Mum is busy cooking».[↗](../../busy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Full of people, traffic or activity: a busy road, a busy shop.[↗](../../busy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of a phone line: in use, engaged (US: busy; UK: engaged).[↗](../../busy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Of a picture or pattern: with too many details.[↗](../../busy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm busy doing my homework.[↗](../../busy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you busy?[↗](../../busy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Can I ask you something?[↗](../../busy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cross the busy road at the zebra crossing.[↗](../../busy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saturday is the busiest day at the shop.[↗](../../busy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bees were busy collecting pollen.[↗](../../busy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep busy and the time will go faster.[↗](../../busy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The line is busy — try again later.[↗](../../busy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad has a busy job.[↗](../../busy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · See how busy all my guests are.”[↗](../../busy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.'[↗](../../busy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.'[↗](../../busy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../busy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **but** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* But joins two ideas that are different or surprising together.[↗](../../but/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* But means except: «all but one».[↗](../../but/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* But can mean only: «He is but a child» (old style).[↗](../../but/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Buts» are objections: «no ifs or buts».[↗](../../but/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) In Australia, NZ, Scotland and Ireland «but» at the end of a sentence means «though»: «It's cold, nice day but.».[↗](../../but/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «But» at the start shows surprise or a protest: «But Mum, I only had 2!».[↗](../../but/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) Exams say «however», «nevertheless», «whereas», «notwithstanding», «with the exception of» and «save for» (except).[↗](../../but/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had 10 apples, but he ate 3.[↗](../../but/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wanted 5 books, but bought only 2.[↗](../../but/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All but 4 sheep ran away.[↗](../../but/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ticket costs 8 dollars, but kids pay half.[↗](../../but/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I like rain, but not thunder.[↗](../../but/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone came but Sam.[↗](../../but/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate nothing but pizza all week.[↗](../../but/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No buts, it's time for bed\![↗](../../but/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But Mum, he got 5 and I only got 2\![↗](../../but/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold arvo, good game but.[↗](../../but/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All pupils, save for 4, attended.[↗](../../but/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Given an enrolment of 30, determine the attendance.[↗](../../but/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The price is 8 dollars; however, a reduction of half applies to minors.[↗](../../but/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But the Skin Horse only smiled.[↗](../../but/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'[↗](../../but/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also.[↗](../../but/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.[↗](../../but/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · But he told not his father.[↗](../../but/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Was it not but a word?'[↗](../../but/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · But what is it even then?[↗](../../but/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../but/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **butch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Looking or acting tough, strong and traditionally manly.[↗](../../butch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) A word some people use for a lesbian woman who dresses or acts in a traditionally masculine way; it can be a proud self-description, but used by others it can be rude or hurtful.[↗](../../butch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Butch is also a nickname, as in the cowboy Butch Cassidy.[↗](../../butch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That bulldog looks very butch.[↗](../../butch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to look butch in his leather jacket.[↗](../../butch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Butch Cassidy was a famous train robber.[↗](../../butch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Rex is a butch name for a puppy," laughed Dad.[↗](../../butch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call people names to tease them.[↗](../../butch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **butcher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A butcher is a person whose job is cutting and selling meat.[↗](../../butcher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The butcher's is the shop where meat is sold.[↗](../../butcher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To butcher an animal is to kill it and cut it up for meat.[↗](../../butcher/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To butcher people is to kill them cruelly.[↗](../../butcher/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) To butcher something is to spoil it badly: «He butchered that song».[↗](../../butcher/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum bought sausages at the butcher's.[↗](../../butcher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The butcher cut the meat into chops.[↗](../../butcher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our butcher wears a striped apron.[↗](../../butcher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry, I totally butchered your name.[↗](../../butcher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer butchered the national anthem.[↗](../../butcher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Give us a butcher's at your new phone.[↗](../../butcher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cruel king was called a butcher by his people.[↗](../../butcher/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm a butcher by trade, not a doctor."[↗](../../butcher/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **butler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants.[↗](../../butler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Butler is also a surname.[↗](../../butler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The butler opened the front door and bowed.[↗](../../butler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old house, the butler served dinner.[↗](../../butler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone in the mystery suspected the butler.[↗](../../butler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The butler polished all the silver.[↗](../../butler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Batman's butler is called Alfred.[↗](../../butler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The family no longer had a butler.[↗](../../butler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, clapping her hands, she summoned the chief butler.[↗](../../butler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.[↗](../../butler/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../butler/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day: (Torah GEN.41.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../butler/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.[↗](../../butler/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../butler/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **butt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, US; mildly rude) The bottom, the part you sit on.[↗](../../butt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The thick end of a tool or gun; the end of a cigarette that is left.[↗](../../butt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The butt of a joke: the person people laugh at.[↗](../../butt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To hit something with your head, like a goat.[↗](../../butt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Butt in (informal): to interrupt rudely.[↗](../../butt/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A large barrel for water or wine: a water butt (UK).[↗](../../butt/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He slipped and landed on his butt.[↗](../../butt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't butt in when I'm talking.[↗](../../butt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The goat butted the gate.[↗](../../butt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was always the butt of their jokes.[↗](../../butt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We use the water from the water butt for the garden.[↗](../../butt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground was covered in cigarette butts.[↗](../../butt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Our team is going to kick butt today\![↗](../../butt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bull quietly addressed him: “Butt away as much as you will.[↗](../../butt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **butter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Butter is a soft, yellow food made from cream, which people spread on bread or use in cooking.[↗](../../butter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To butter something means to spread butter on it.[↗](../../butter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Peanut butter and other «butters» are smooth spreads made from crushed nuts or seeds.[↗](../../butter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spread some butter on your toast.[↗](../../butter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum buttered the bread for our sandwiches.[↗](../../butter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Butter melts in a hot pan.[↗](../../butter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made butter at school by shaking cream in a jar.[↗](../../butter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the butter in the fridge so it stays fresh.[↗](../../butter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm allergic to peanuts, so I can't eat peanut butter.[↗](../../butter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You need butter, sugar, flour and eggs to make a cake.[↗](../../butter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Oops, butterfingers\![↗](../../butter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") You dropped the ball again.[↗](../../butter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Curly is taking both butter and honey.”[↗](../../butter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil\![↗](../../butter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.29.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../butter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **buttercup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buttercup is a small wild plant with shiny, bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in fields and lawns.[↗](../../buttercup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The field was full of yellow buttercups.[↗](../../buttercup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold a buttercup under my chin\![↗](../../buttercup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Buttercups are poisonous, so don't eat them.[↗](../../buttercup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows leave the buttercups and eat the grass.[↗](../../buttercup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted the petals: this buttercup has five.[↗](../../buttercup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Buttercups open in the sunshine.[↗](../../buttercup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the buttercups sparkled gayly, and looked again at Gerda.[↗](../../buttercup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **butterfly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A butterfly is an insect with four large, often brightly coloured wings that flies by day.[↗](../../butterfly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Butterflies in your stomach is a fluttery feeling when you are nervous.[↗](../../butterfly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Butterfly (stroke) is a swimming stroke where both arms move over the water together.[↗](../../butterfly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A social butterfly is a person who moves happily from friend to friend.[↗](../../butterfly/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A butterfly landed on the flower.[↗](../../butterfly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.[↗](../../butterfly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterflies drink nectar from flowers.[↗](../../butterfly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had butterflies in my stomach before the play.[↗](../../butterfly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She swam the butterfly in the race.[↗](../../butterfly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The butterfly came out of its chrysalis.[↗](../../butterfly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Suppose I hunt butterflies, and you, serpents.”[↗](../../butterfly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **buttermilk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The slightly sour liquid left after butter has been made from cream.[↗](../../buttermilk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Milk made sour and thick on purpose, sold in shops and used in baking.[↗](../../buttermilk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made buttermilk pancakes for breakfast.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Irish soda bread is made with buttermilk.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Buttermilk tastes a bit sour, like yoghurt.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The acid in buttermilk makes the dough rise with baking soda.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Southern fried chicken is often soaked in buttermilk.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no butter in buttermilk.[↗](../../buttermilk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Besides that, they had bread, butter, fish, a beer cask, and a buttermilk jar; what more did they require?[↗](../../buttermilk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **butterwort** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small plant with a flat rosette of sticky, pale green leaves and purple, violet or yellow flowers; it catches and eats small insects.[↗](../../butterwort/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The butterwort caught a tiny fly on its sticky leaf.[↗](../../butterwort/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterworts grow in wet, boggy places.[↗](../../butterwort/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The butterwort has pretty violet flowers.[↗](../../butterwort/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw butterwort on our trip to the Scottish hills.[↗](../../butterwort/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people keep butterworts to catch fungus gnats.[↗](../../butterwort/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **buttocks** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on.[↗](../../buttocks/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.[↗](../../buttocks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buttocks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.[↗](../../buttocks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.20.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buttocks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **button** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A button is a small round thing that holds clothes closed by going through a hole.[↗](../../button/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A button is something you press to make a machine or a screen work.[↗](../../button/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A badge with a pin is also called a button.[↗](../../button/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To button is to close with buttons.[↗](../../button/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each shirt has 6 buttons.[↗](../../button/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 40 buttons in a jar.[↗](../../button/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many buttons for 7 coats?[↗](../../button/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He pressed the button 3 times.[↗](../../button/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Button up your coat, it's cold.[↗](../../button/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the red button to stop the machine.[↗](../../button/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sort the buttons by the number of holes.[↗](../../button/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Your belly button is in the middle of your tummy.[↗](../../button/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Click the button to start the game.[↗](../../button/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy is as cute as a button.[↗](../../button/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new.[↗](../../button/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **buttonhole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buttonhole is a small slit in a coat or shirt through which a button is pushed.[↗](../../buttonhole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A buttonhole is a flower worn in the slit of a coat.[↗](../../buttonhole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To buttonhole someone is to stop them and make them listen to you.[↗](../../buttonhole/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put a rose in her buttonhole.[↗](../../buttonhole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coat had a neat buttonhole.[↗](../../buttonhole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He buttonholed me to talk about his dog.[↗](../../buttonhole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/57/) **58** [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/57/) - next →: [page 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)