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.
“The iron—I mean the rabbit came off the fire about that time.
“And I couldn’t bear to have you give up your lessons; and I got a place ironing shirts in that big Twenty-fourth street laundry.
And when a girl in the laundry set down a hot iron on my hand this afternoon I was all the way home making up that story about the Welsh rabbit.
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