iron
/ˈaɪ.ɚn/ verb B1- To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. · You'd be wise to iron that shirt before you wear it.
- To engage in such pressing of clothing. · They were washing and ironing all morning.
- To furnish, clad, or arm with iron. · to iron a wagon
He/she/it irons · Past ironed · Past participle ironed · -ing form ironing
Verb forms
- Base form
- iron
- He/she/it
- irons
- Past
- ironed
- Past participle
- ironed
- -ing form
- ironing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Our iron fetters burst in twain.
At the sound of the key turning in the lock, and the creaking of the hinges, Dantès, who was crouched in a corner of the dungeon, whence he could see the ray of light that came through a narrow iron grating above, raised his head.
She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes.
In the first place, I may tell you that Moriarty rules with a rod of iron over his people.
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