About The Word Flatten
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Flatten
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What's The Definition Of Flatten?
[v] lower the pitch of (musical notes)
[v] become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [v] make flat or flatter; "flatten a road", "flatten your stomach with these exercises" Synonyms | Synonyms for Flatten: drop | flatten out Related Terms | Find terms related to Flatten: align | assimilate to | balance | beat down | bend | blow down | break | break down | bring down | bulldoze | burn down | cast down | chop down | conquer | crush | cut down | dab | damp | demolish | disentangle | down | drag | dress | dub | equalize | equilibrize | even | extend | fell | floor | flush | grade | grease | ground | harmonize | harrow | homogenize | humble | knock | knock down | knock out | knock over | lay | lay down | lay flat | lay level | lay low | lay out | level | lubricate | make uniform | master | mow | mow down | normalize | oil | override | plane | planish | plaster | press out | prostrate | pull down | put down | put straight | quell | rase | raze | rectify | reduce | regularize | regulate | ride down | roll | roll flat | set straight | shave | sit up | smash | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | smoothen | stabilize | stand up | standardize | steamroll | steamroller | stereotype | straighten | straighten out | straighten up | subdue | subjugate | suppress | symmetrize | take down | tear down | throw down | trample down | trample underfoot | tread underfoot | unbend | uncurl | uniformize | unkink | unsnarl | vanquish See Also | alter | change | change form | change shape | deform | form | laminate | press | roll | roll out | shape | splat Flatten In Webster's Dictionary \Flat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Flattening}.] [From {Flat}, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
{To flatten a sail} (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
{Flattening oven}, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
\Flat"ten\, v. i. To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch. |
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