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IRON OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
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