Bügeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
• ironing noun The act of pressing clothes with a hot iron to remove wrinkles.
• press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.

Senses

Bügeln is used for these senses in English:

• iron (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
• ironing The act of pressing clothes with an iron#Noun, such as a steam iron.
• press (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

iron — full definition

1. noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
2. noun A small electrical appliance with a hot, flat base, used to smooth wrinkles out of clothes.
3. verb To smooth clothing or fabric using a heated iron.
4. adj Extremely strong, tough, or unyielding, used figuratively.

ironing — full definition

1. noun The act of pressing clothes with a hot iron to remove wrinkles.
2. noun A pile of clothes that need to be, or have just been, ironed.

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