IRONING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

ironing

verb

Definition of ironing

present participle of iron

as in lashing

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Recent Examples of ironing Using ironing cloths and a few leaves leftover from raking your yard, iron the leaves onto 8-by-8-inch squares of wax paper. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025 The international community uses five basic symbols for washing (wash tub), drying (square), bleaching (triangle), ironing (iron), and dry cleaning (circle). — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2025

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Back at the dilapidated family home, Edgar grows even surlier, lashing into gentle-natured Joe for being an under-achiever compared to his brother and causing Thya to become apprehensive about Ed’s proximity to sharp objects.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Unfortunately, this can lead to some individuals lashing out in response to their own insecurities, hate and low bar of aptitude, which is confirmed by the tenor of the attacks.

— Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of lashing

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The last-place Angels have lost seven consecutive games, tying their longest losing streak of the season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Ogwumike will make her 11th All-Star appearance, tying three-time WNBA champion Diana Taurasi for second most in WNBA history.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of tying

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One blocks the receptor binding protein, which the virus uses to attach to human cells.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Signed in May 2025, the preliminary agreement was extended three times — in September, December and April — without ever becoming a binding deal.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

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Koné, 24, could be seen hobbling onto the field on his good leg to celebrate with his teammates after Stephen Eustáquio scored a game-winning shot in extra time.

— Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
This unequal setup ensures that migrants and refugees remain contained in the countries least equipped to host them, which only works when aid functions as the grease that keeps the system hobbling along.

— Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

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Instead of securing to the truck frame outside the pickup bed like traditional Alaskan slide-in campers, the HS 640 leaves enough space to secure to the truck bed tie-down points, delivering a cleaner look.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
The bottlenecks are shifting from sheer computing power to securing supply of high-bandwidth memory chips that support rapid data transfer, according to the report.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Definition of securing

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Khushboo Gupta, vice president of policy at PETA India, said the aesthetic appeal of live elephants doesn’t justify shackling, beating and separating them from their families.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
In 2019, David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty to torture and years of abuse that included shackling some of their 13 children at their home in California, starving them and providing only a minimal education.

— Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of shackling

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Interestingly, the modular design allows operators to rapidly assemble, connect, and scale up their power capacity by stacking or chaining additional units.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
On day two, hacking teams were no less successful, chaining together three new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange in order to achieve the holy grail of SYSTEM-level remote code execution.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

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