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Flatten

Flatten Meaning & Definition
Flatten Definition And Meaning

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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