Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

    bügeln

    гла́дитьgláditʹ, погла́дитьpogláditʹ, вы́гладитьvýgladitʹ

    прасува́тиprasuváty

  2. (intransitive)To engage in such pressing of clothing.

    They were washing and ironing all morning.

  3. (transitive)To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.

    to iron a wagon

    покрыва́тьpokryvátʹ, покры́тьpokrýtʹ

  4. (archaic, transitive)To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

    in Eisen legen

    зако́выватьzakóvyvatʹ, закова́тьzakovátʹ

More definitions
  • press and smooth with a heated iron

Examples

528 sentences
  1. I have to iron my shirt.

    Я маю попрасувати свою сорочку. — rmdas

    ruЯ должен погладить себе рубашку. — marafon

    deIch muss mein Hemd bügeln. — MUIRIEL

  2. I burned my hand with an iron.

    Я обпік руку праскою. — lingvokrolik

    ruЯ обжёг руку утюгом. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Let me iron your shirt for you.

    Дозволь я випрасую тобі сорочку. — deniko

    ruДавай я тебе рубашку поглажу. — marafon

  4. Strike while the iron is hot.

    Куй залізо, поки гаряче. — deniko

    ruКуй железо, пока горячо. — al_ex_an_der

    deMan soll das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist. — Wolf

  5. Iron is a metal with many uses.

    Залізо — метал, що має багато застосувань. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to pass an iron over clothing:
Русский
By meaning 3
to pass an iron over clothing:
to shackle with irons:
to furnish or arm with iron:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pass an iron over clothing:
to shackle with irons:

Origin

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”), from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (“iron”), possibly a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

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Forms

irons, ironing, ironed, ironed
Base formiron · to iron
3rd person singularirons
Present participleironing
Past simpleironed
Past participleironed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyiron
he, she, itirons

Past simpleLesson

all personsironed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ironed
he, she, ithas ironed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill iron

Synonyms

2 synonyms
to pass an iron over:pressB1
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • ironed his shirts
  • an an iron
  • iron these shirts
  • a tire iron
  • tire iron

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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