[ahy-er-ning] 
| 1. | the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron. |
| 2. | articles of clothing or the like that have been or are to be ironed. |
[ahy-ern] | 1. | Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron. |
| 2. | something hard, strong, rigid, unyielding, or the like: hearts of iron. |
| 3. | an instrument, utensil, weapon, etc., made of iron. |
| 4. | an appliance with a flat metal bottom, used when heated, as by electricity, to press or smooth clothes, linens, etc. |
| 5. | Golf. one of a series of nine iron-headed clubs having progressively sloped-back faces, used for driving or lofting the ball. Compare wood 1 (def. 8). |
| 6. | a branding iron. |
| 7. | any of several tools, structural members, etc., of metals other than iron. |
| 8. | the blade of a carpenter's plane. |
| 9. | Slang. a pistol. |
| 10. | a harpoon. |
| 11. | Medicine/Medical. a preparation of iron or containing iron, used chiefly in the treatment of anemia, or as a styptic and astringent. |
| 12. | irons, shackles or fetters: Put him in irons! |
| 13. | a sword. |
| 14. | of, containing, or made of iron: an iron skillet. |
| 15. | resembling iron in firmness, strength, color, etc.: an iron will. |
| 16. | stern; harsh; cruel. |
| 17. | inflexible; unrelenting. |
| 18. | strong; robust; healthy. |
| 19. | holding or binding strongly: an iron grip. |
| 20. | irritating or harsh in tone: an iron voice. |
| 21. | to smooth or press with a heated iron, as clothes or linens. |
| 22. | to furnish, mount, or arm with iron. |
| 23. | to shackle or fetter with irons. |
| 24. | Metalworking. to smooth and thin the walls of (an object being deep-drawn). |
| 25. | to press clothes, linens, etc., with an iron. |
| 26. | iron out,
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| 27. | in irons,
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| 28. | irons in the fire, matters with which one is immediately concerned; undertakings; projects: He had other irons in the fire, so that one failure would not destroy him. |
| 29. | pump iron, to lift weights as an exercise or in competition. |
| 30. | strike while the iron is hot, to act quickly when an opportunity presents itself. |
| i·ron (ī'ərn) n.
v. tr.
To iron clothes. Phrasal Verb(s): iron outTo settle through discussion or compromise; work out. Idiom(s): in irons Nautical Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way. Idiom(s): iron in the fireAn undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year. [Middle English iren, from Old English īren; see eis- in Indo-European roots.] |
| i·ron·ing (ī'ər-nĭng) n.
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iron
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"Right so as whil that Iren is hoot men sholden smyte." [Chaucer, c.1386]To have (too) many irons in the fire "to be doing too much at once" is from 1549. Iron lung "artificial respiration tank" is from 1932. Ironside, name given to a man of great hardihood or bravery (1297) first applied to Edmund II, king of England (d.1016), later also to Oliver Cromwell and his troops.
iron i·ron (ī'ərn)
n.
Symbol Fe A lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable metallic element. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.847; melting point 1,538°C; boiling point 2,860°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6.
A pill or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.
