Ironed

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of iron form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.
  2. 2
    Made of iron. obsolete
  3. 3
    That has been put in irons; shackled.

    "[T]he ironed convict, dragging his tree trunk to the summit edge of some beetling plateau, looks down upon a sea of fog, through which rise mountain-tops like islands […]."

  4. 4
    That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed.
  5. 5
    Treated as with a hair iron; curled with a curling iron, or straightened with a straightening-iron or with electric straighteners.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
pressedsmoothened

Example

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"Until such difficulties are ironed out completely, there is always a chance of fighting breaking out at the slightest provocation."

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