Dream Dictionary

Buttons

To see buttons in your dream, indicates wealth and security.

To dream that you are unbuttoning your clothes, denotes that you are opening yourself to others, either on a mental, emotional, or sexual level.

Dull, or cloth buttons, denotes disappointments and systematic losses and ill health.

The loss of a button, and the consequent anxiety as to losing a garment, denotes prospective losses in trade.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
  • 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button]
  • 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
  • 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"
  • 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]
  • 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button]
  • 7: any artifact that resembles a button
  • v. 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt"
  • 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]