BUTTON-DOWN

Meaning of BUTTON-DOWN in English

/but"n down'/ , adj.

1. (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.

2. (of a shirt) having a button-down collar.

3. (esp. of attitudes, opinions, etc.) extremely conventional; unimaginative.

Also, buttoned-down .

[ 1930-35, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BUTTON-DOWN — I. adjective Date: 1934 1. having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons, having a ~ collar, conservatively traditional …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUTTON-DOWN — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: button down, v. : fastened down with buttons a button-down collar on a man's shirt II. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — I. -ˌdau̇n adjective Date: 1934 1. a. of a collar : having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTON-DOWN — Function: noun Date: 1952 : a shirt with a button-down collar
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — Pronunciation: - ˌ dau ̇ n Function: adjective Date: 1934 1 a of a collar : having the ends fastened …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — ■ adjective 1》 (of a shirt collar) having points which are buttoned to the garment. 2》 (also buttoned down or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUTTON-DOWN — [but.ton-down] adj (1934) 1 a of a collar: having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons b of a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTON-DOWN — button-down BrE AmE ˌbʌt ə n ˈdaʊn ◂ ▶ ˌ button-down ˈ collar BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — adjective a button-down collar , shirt, etc. has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — ˈbutton-down BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] 1 . a button-down shirt or collar has the ends of the collar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTON-DOWN — A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — A ~ shirt or a shirt with a ~ collar has a button under each end of the collar which …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BUTTON-DOWN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shirt ▪ Watch too for button-down shirts on a Ralph Lauren tip at £69. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTON-DOWN — {attrib. adj.}, {slang} (stress on "button") Well-groomed, conservatively dressed. * /Joe is a regular button-down type./
Slang English vocab
BUTTON DOWN — {v.}, {slang} (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. * /First let's get …
Slang English vocab
BUTTON-DOWN — Function: adjective Synonyms: CONVENTIONAL 1, orthodox, square, straight
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BUTTON-DOWN — adjective Synonyms: conventional 1, orthodox, square, straight
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUTTON-DOWN — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
BUTTON-DOWN — adj. Button-down is used with these nouns: ↑ collar , ↑ shirt
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTON DOWN — {v.}, {slang} (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. * /First let's get …
Словарь английских идиом
BUTTON-DOWN — {attrib. adj.}, {slang} (stress on "button") Well-groomed, conservatively dressed. * /Joe is a regular button-down type./
Словарь английских идиом
BUTTON-DOWN — attrib. adj. , slang (stress on "button") Well-groomed, conservatively dressed. Joe is a regular button-down type.
American Idioms English vocabulary
BUTTON DOWN — v. , slang (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. First let's get …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BUTTON-DOWN — застегивающийся на пуговицы (донизу) - * dress платье на пуговицах - * collar воротничок, концы которого пристегиваются к рубашке сдержанный; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTON-DOWN — a 1. застёгивающийся на пуговицы ( донизу ) button-down dress - платье на пуговицах button-down collar - воротничок, концы которого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTON-DOWN — застегивающийся на пуговицы ( донизу )
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BUTTON DOWN — (r) застегивающийся на пуговицы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BUTTON DOWN — (n) лишенный воображения
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BUTTON DOWN — (a) воспитанный; выдержанный; консервативный; невозмутимый; сдержанный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — a 1. застёгивающийся на пуговицы ( донизу ) ~ dress - платье на пуговицах ~ collar - воротничок, концы которого …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BUTTON-DOWN — a 1. застёгивающийся на пуговицы ( донизу ) button-down dress - платье на пуговицах button-down collar - воротничок, концы которого …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTON-DOWN — прил. 1) ( о воротнике ) с концами, застегивающимися на пуговицы 2) разг. ; = buttoned-down консервативный, традиционный, лишенный воображения …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BUTTON-DOWN — прил. 1) (о воротнике) с концами, застегивающимися на пуговицы 2) разг.; - buttoned-down консервативный, традиционный, лишенный воображения buttoned-down style — консервативный стиль The unlikely …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BUTTON-DOWN — застегивающийся на пуговицы (донизу)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BUTTON-DOWN — [adj.] 1) застёгивающийся на пуговицы (донизу) ~ collar воротничок, концы которого пристёгиваются к рубашке 2) _.а) сдержанный, воспитанный, невозмутимый _.б) …
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
BUTTON-DOWN — a 1) застёгивающийся на пуговицы (донизу) , ~ collar воротничок, концы которого пристёгиваются к рубашке; 2) а) сдержанный, воспитанный, невозмутимый; …
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
BUTTON-DOWN — застегивающийся на пуговицы (донизу) - * dress платье на пуговицах - * collar воротничок, концы которого пристегиваются к рубашке сдержанный; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTON
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTON
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTON
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
BUTTON
Webster English vocab
BUTTON
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTON — usually disklike piece of solid material having holes or a shank through which it is sewed to one side of …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON — / ˈbʌtn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTON — I. but ‧ ton 1 S2 /ˈbʌtn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTON
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTON
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTON
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON — ( buttons, buttoning, buttoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Buttons are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an alarm button ▪ He hit the alarm button under the desk. at/with the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BUTTON — I. noun 1 for fastening clothes ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom , top ▪ The top ~ of his shirt was undone. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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