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IRON OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Settle or put right

Example:

we need to iron out our disagreements

Synonyms:

iron out; put right; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "iron out" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Press and smooth with a heated iron

Example:

she stood there ironing

Synonyms:

iron; iron out; press

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "iron out" is one way to...):

press (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure)

"Iron out" entails doing...:

heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "iron out"):

mangle (press with a mangle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They iron out the cape

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