ironing lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• press and smooth with a heated iron "press your shirts" "she stood there ironing"
• a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
• a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
• implement used to brand live stock
• extremely robust "an iron constitution"
• A metallic element found in certain minerals, in nearly all soils, and in mineral waters. It has the atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of hemoglobin, cytochrome, and other components of respiratory enzyme systems. Its chief functions are in the transport of oxygen to tissue (hemoglobin) and in cellular oxidation mechanisms. Depletion of iron stores may result in iron-deficiency anemia. Iron is used to build up the blood in anemia. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
• the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
• garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure "he gave the button a press" "he used pressure to stop the bleeding" "at the pressing of a button"