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Definition: Iron Out |
Iron OutVerb1. Settle or put right; of difficulties or problems. 2. Press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Iron OutSynonyms: iron (v), put right (v), straighten out (v). (additional references) |
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| Squash; flatten; smoosh; smash; abrade; beat down; bowl over; compress; crush; debase; deflate; depress; even out; fell; floor; flush; grade; ground; iron out; knock down; lay; lay low; level; mow down; plane; plaster; prostrate; raze; roll; smash; smooth. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | These individuals feel more comfortable working with someone they personally, because it is easier to iron out difficulties when problems/challenges inevitably arise. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | It will take Telstra at least six months to iron out all the bugs in its ADSL Internet access technology. (references) |
Political Economy | Israel | The parties held intensive working-level talks between March and June, 2000, and met at Camp David in July to attempt to iron out final status issues. (references) |
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Expression using "iron out": iron out differences. Additional references. | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
iron out of drinking water | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "iron out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, resolve, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), sheshoj (flatten, level, plaster, press out, smooth, smooth out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слагам в ред (get together, order, straighten), изглаждам (adjust, atone, calender, face, file, level, make up, patch, patch up, plane, planish, polish, polish up, press out, reconcile, sleek, slick, smarm, smooth, sponge out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyžehlit (to press), urovnat (adjust, arrange, even out, iron, make up, put things straight, settle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aplanir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausgleichen (act as a mediator, balance, balance out, balancing, compensate, equalize, even out, fund, level off, level out, level up, make good, make up, offset, reconcile, settle, steady, to balance, to compensate, to square), ausbügeln (make good, to iron out), aus dem weg räumen (move, smooth out), aufbügeln (freshen, iron on, vamp up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kivasal (press, to iron out, to press), elsimít (to accommodate, to compromise, to finish, to make even, to reconcile, to smooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stirare (iron, press, straighten, strain a muscle, stretch, to iron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ironay outay tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disburden, dog, drag out, get, get off, haul, in force, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), locomotiva (engine, loco, locomotive). (various references) сглаживать (downplay, even, level, smooth), разгладить (press, smooth out). (various references) urediti (arrange, do up, fix up, lay, organize, put in order, redact, settle, tidy up). (various references) suavizar a (ease, sugarcoat), quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), nivelar (even, flush, level, top up), allanar (even, flatten, flatten out, level, roll, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth over), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield). (various references) utjämna (compensate, equalize, even up, settle), undanröja (lull, obviate, remove, set aside), stryka ut (black out, blot, blue pencil, cross off, cross out, obliterate, scratch out, strike off), pressa ut (express, extort, extract, extrude). (various references) รี"ผ้า. (various references) ortadan kaldırmak (abolish, annihilate, blot out, charm away, clear away, clear off, do away with, extinguish, hide from view, kill, make away with, put away, put out of sight, raze, remove, suppress, sweep, sweep away, take away), gidermek (allay, appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, eliminate, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, obviate, quench, remove, repair, resolve, satisfy, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), ütüyle açmak. (various references) вирівнювати (even, flatten, level, macadamize, plane, smooth out), згладжувати (blur, efface, smooth, smooth over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unroot. | |
-2 letters: intro, nitro, rutin. | |
-3 letters: inro, into, iron, noir, nori, onto, riot, root, roti, roto, rout, ruin, runt, tiro, toon, tori, torn, toro, tour, trio, turn, unit, unto. | |
-4 letters: ion, nit, noo, nor, not, nut, oot, ort, our, out, rin, rot, run, rut, tin, ton, too, tor, tui, tun, urn. | |
-5 letters: in, it, no. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: notorious, obtrusion, outrowing, pourpoint, unrooting, uprooting. | |
+3 letters: consortium, contouring, corruption, counterion, inoculator, morulation, neurotoxic, neurotoxin, nonroutine, obtrusions, obturation, orotundity, outcrowing, outgrowing, outpouring, outroaring, outrocking, outrolling, outrooting, outscoring, outsnoring, outsoaring, outworking, pourpoints, production, protrusion, resolution, revolution, serotinous, tourbillon. | |
+4 letters: aponeurotic, boutonniere, coauthoring, conjuration, consortiums, continuator, contrarious, contributor, conurbation, corrugation, corruptions, coruscation, coterminous, counterfoil, counterions, formulation, holothurian, inoculators, inopportune, luteotropin, morulations, mucoprotein, neurologist, neurotoxins, neurotropic, nitrogenous, nonauditory, nonroutines, notoriously, objurgation, obscuration, obstruction, obturations, opportunism, opportunist, opportunity, ostensorium, outcropping, outcrossing, outdropping, outfrowning, outgrossing, outhomering, outhumoring, outorganize, outpourings, outpowering, outsavoring, outscorning, outsourcing, outthrowing, outtowering, outtrotting, overcaution, positronium, procuration, productions, prosecution, protrusions, resolutions, revolutions, riotousness, sporulation, subornation, subrogation, thoroughpin, tourbillion, tourbillons, unmonitored. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 72 6F 6E      4F 75 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001111 01110101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r o n   O u t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 006F 006E      004F 0075 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438481802498786 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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