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flat·ten
(flăt′n)v. flat·tened, flat·ten·ing, flat·tens
v.tr.
1. To make flat or flatter.
2. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch.
v.intr.
To become flat or flatter.
flat′ten·er n.
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flatten
(ˈflætən)vb
1. (sometimes foll by out) to make or become flat or flatter
2. (tr) informal
a. to knock down or injure; prostrate
b. to crush or subdue: failure will flatten his self-esteem.
3. (Music, other) (tr) music to lower the pitch of (a note) by one chromatic semitone. Usual US word: flat
4. (Aeronautics) (foll by: out) to manoeuvre an aircraft into horizontal flight, esp after a dive
ˈflattener n
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flat•ten
(ˈflæt n)v.t.
1. to make flat (sometimes fol. by out).
2. to knock down; fell.
v.i. 3. to become flat (sometimes fol. by out).
4. flatten out, to fly (an aircraft) into a horizontal position, as after a dive.
[1620–30]
flat′ten•er, n.
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flatten
Past participle: flattened
Gerund: flattening
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| Verb | 1. | flatten - make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" steamroll, steamroller - make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads" splat - split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire" laminate - press or beat (metals) into thin sheets |
| 2. | flatten - become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" splat - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees" press - place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" | |
| 3. | flatten - lower the pitch of (musical notes) music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" sharpen - raise the pitch of (musical notes) |
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flatten
verb
1. level, roll, plaster, squash, compress, trample, iron out, even out, smooth off How do you put enough pressure on to the metal to flatten it?
2. destroy, level, ruin, demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze, raze, remove Bombing raids flattened much of the area.
3. (Informal) knock down, fell, floor, deck (slang), bowl over, prostrate, knock off your feet I've never seen a woman flatten someone like that!
4. (Informal) crush, beat, defeat, trounce, master, worst, overwhelm, conquer, lick (informal), undo, subdue, rout, overpower, quell, clobber (slang), vanquish, run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), make mincemeat of (informal), blow out of the water (slang) In the squash court his aim is to flatten me.
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flatten
verb2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:
bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.
Slang: deck.
Idiom: lay low.
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Translations
يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط
zploštit senarovnat serozdrtitsplácnoutsplácnout se
blive fladt
lapossá válik
fletja
sploštiť sa
sploščitizravnati
düzleş mek
flatten
[ˈflætn]A. VT
1. (= compress, squash) [+ road, grass] → allanar, aplanar; [+ hair, paper] → alisar
flatten the dough with a rolling pin → aplanar or extender la masa con un rodillo
I flattened myself against the wall → me pegué a la pared
flatten the dough with a rolling pin → aplanar or extender la masa con un rodillo
I flattened myself against the wall → me pegué a la pared
2. (= level out) [+ surface] → nivelar
B. VI
flatten out
A. VI + ADV
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flatten
[ˈflætən] vt
to flatten o.s. against a wall → se plaquer contre un mur
(= beat down) [+ corn, crop] → écraser
(= destroy) [+ house, city] → raser
vi [price, growth] → se stabiliser
flatten out
vi → s'aplanir
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flatten
vt
path, road, field → ebnen, planieren; metal → flach or platt hämmern or schlagen; (storm etc) crops → zu Boden drücken, niederdrücken; trees → umwerfen; town → dem Erdboden gleichmachen
(fig: = defeat) → vernichtend schlagen; (= knock down) → niederschlagen; (= demoralize, snub) → zu nichts reduzieren; that’ll flatten him → das wird bei ihm die Luft rauslassen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flatten
[ˈflætn] vt (road, field) → spianare, appiattire; (house, city) → abbattere, radere al suolo; (map) → spiegare, aprireto flatten o.s. against sth → appiattirsi contro qc
flatten out
1. vi + adv (road, countryside) → appiattirsi
2. vt + adv (path, paper) → spianare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flat
(flӕt) adjective1. level; without rise or fall. a flat surface.
2. dull; without interest. She spent a very flat weekend.
3. (of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic. a flat denial.
4. (of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air. His car had a flat tyre.
5. (of drinks) no longer fizzy. flat lemonade; (also adverb) My beer has gone flat.
6. slightly lower than a musical note should be. That last note was flat; (also adverb) The choir went very flat.
adverb stretched out. She was lying flat on her back.
noun1. (American aˈpartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block. Do you live in a house or a flat?
2. (in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.
3. a level, even part. the flat of her hand.
4. (usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc. mud flats.
ˈflatly adverb definitely; emphatically. She flatly denied it.
ˈflatten verb (often with out) to make or become flat. The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea.
flat rate a fixed amount, especially one that is the same in all cases. He charged a flat rate for the work.
flat out as fast, energetically etc as possible. She worked flat out.
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