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button noun

  /bɔˈt̪oːn̪/ , /bʊˈt̪oːn̪/ , /bʌˈt̪ən̪/ , /ˈbʌt.n̩/ , /ˈbʌːʔtən/ , [ˈbʌt.n̩] , [ˈbʌʔ.n̩] , [ˈbʌʔ.tən] , [ˈbʌʔ.tⁿn̩]
  • (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]
 Knopf
  • A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
 Knopf, Taste
  • (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
 Button, Schaltfläche
  • (botany) A bud.
 Knospe, Knopf

button verb

  /bɔˈt̪oːn̪/ , /bʊˈt̪oːn̪/ , /bʌˈt̪ən̪/ , /ˈbʌt.n̩/ , /ˈbʌːʔtən/ , [ˈbʌt.n̩] , [ˈbʌʔ.n̩] , [ˈbʌʔ.tən] , [ˈbʌʔ.tⁿn̩]
  • (transitive) To fasten with a button. [from late 14th c.]
  • (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.
 knöpfen

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hook noun

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
 Haken
  • (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
 Hookline

hook verb

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  • (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  • (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
  • (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
 haken
  • (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
 haken, einhaken
  • (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
  • (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
 einhaken

hooked adjective

  /hʊkt/
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
 süchtig
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
 hakenförmig
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