buttonhole

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Synonyms: button hole, button-hole, buttonhold, butthole, buttonholed, buttonholer, buttonhook, buttonmold, buttonholes, butt hole

Antonyms: button hole, button-hole, buttonhold, butthole, buttonholed, buttonholer, buttonhook, buttonmold, buttonholes, butt hole

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Noun

1. A [[hole]] through which a [[button]] is [[push]]ed to secure a garment or some part of one.
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|British}} A [[flower]] worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
3. {{senseid|en|surgery}} {{lb|en|surgery}} A small [[slotlike]] [[cut]] or [[incision]], made for example by an accident with the [[scalpel]].
4. The [[mouth]], [[nose]] or [[eye]]s of a [[tiny]] [[appearance]].<!--خَطْم-->
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[vagina]], a [[coin slot]].
6. {{senseid|en|anus}} {{lb|en|lightly|_|vulgar}} The [[butthole#English:_anus|butthole]] {{gloss|anus}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[detain]] (a person) in [[conversation]] against their will.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sew]] by [[buttonhole stitch]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|surgery|mostly|_|archaic}} To make a small slot-like [[incision]] in (intentionally or unintentionally).
5. {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To apply a [[flowery]] [[formation]] in.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic|rare}} To [[attain]] buttonhole-[[like]] [[formation]]s on cutting.

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