irons

i·ron  (rn)

n.

1. Symbol Fe A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,535°C; boiling point 2,750°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. See Table at element.

2. An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.

3. Great hardness or strength; firmness: a will of iron.

4. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.

5. A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.

6. A harpoon.

7. irons Fetters; shackles.

8. A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.

adj.

1. Made of or containing iron: iron bars; an iron alloy.

2. Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance: an iron constitution.

3. Inflexible; unyielding: iron resolve.

4. Holding tightly; very firm: has an iron grip.

v. i·roned, i·ron·ing, i·rons

v.tr.

1.

a. To press and smooth with a heated iron: iron clothes.

b. To remove (creases) by pressing.

2. To put into irons; fetter.

3. To fit or clad with iron.

v.intr.

To iron clothes.

Phrasal Verb:

iron out

To settle through discussion or compromise; work out.

Idioms:

in irons Nautical

Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way.

iron in the fire

An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.

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[Middle English iren, from Old English ren; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

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irons

Noun, pl

1. fetters or chains

2. have several irons in the fire to have several projects or plans at once

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

irons - metal shackles; for hands or legs chains hamper, shackle, trammel, bond - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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irons

plural noun chains, shackles, fetters, manacles, bonds

Translations

irons [ˈaɪəns] iron npl → Hand- und Fußschellen pl;

to clap sb in irons iron → jdn in Eisen legen

irons [ˈaɪənz] npl (= chains) → catene fpl