Flatten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make flat or flatter.
  • v. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch.
  • verb-intransitive. To become flat or flatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make something flat or flatter.
  • v. To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
  • v. To knock down or lay low.
  • v. To become flat or flatter.
  • v. To be knocked down or laid low.
  • v. To lower by a semitone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.
  • v. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
  • v. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
  • v. To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
  • verb-intransitive. To become or grow flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make flat; reduce to an equal or even surface; level.
  • To lay flat; bring to the ground; prostrate.
  • To make vapid or insipid; render stale.
  • In music, same as flat, 4.
  • To deaden or deprive of luster, as a pigment; bring to a smooth surface or even tint, without relief or gradation.
  • In optics, to free from curvature or distortion, as the lines of an image projected by a lens.
  • To become flat; grow or become even on the surface.
  • To become stale, vapid, or tasteless.
  • In music, same as flat, 3.
  • Flat; foolish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)
  • v. make flat or flatter
  • v. become flat or flatter
  • Verb Form
    flattened    flattening    flattens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prostrate    deject    dispirit    flat    smooth    level    lower    fell    depress    abate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Batten    Catton    Grattan    Latin    Manhattan    Paton    Patton    baton    batten    batton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts