flatten
Verb (transitive):
- To make something flat or level: To press, crush, or spread something so that it becomes smooth, even, or level with its surroundings.
- To knock down completely: To destroy or level a structure or to knock a person or animal to the ground.
- To defeat decisively; to make less powerful or effective: To overcome an opponent thoroughly or to reduce the impact or force of something.
Verb (intransitive):
- To become flat or level: To lose curvature, elevation, or thickness and become smooth or even.
- To lose force, vitality, or intensity: To become less lively, sharp, or effective.
Verb (transitive):
- Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough. (To make it level and thin.)
- The hurricane flattened entire neighborhoods. (To knock down completely.)
- The boxer was flattened by a single punch. (To knock to the ground.)
- These exercises can help flatten your stomach. (To make it appear less rounded.)
Verb (intransitive):
- The hills gradually flatten as you approach the coast. (To become level.)
- The tire flattened after hitting a sharp rock. (To become deflated.)
- The singer's voice flattened on the high note. (To lose pitch or vitality.)
"to flatten out": To become or make something level after a period of ascent, descent, or fluctuation.
- The road flattens out after this steep hill.
- The graph shows sales growth flattening out this quarter.
In music: To lower the pitch of a musical note by a semitone.
- The composer chose to flatten the third note in the chord.
In computing/data: To transform a hierarchical or nested data structure into a single-level structure.
- The programmer wrote a function to flatten the array of arrays.
Flattened (adjective): Made flat.
- He looked at the flattened cardboard box.
Flattener (noun): Something that flattens.
- A steam iron is a good fabric flattener.
Flat (adjective/noun): The state of being level, smooth, or even; an apartment (British English).
- Level: To make a surface even.
- Smooth: To make a surface free from irregularities.
- Compress: To press together into less space.
- Demolish: To completely destroy a building.
- Prostrate: To lay flat, often in submission or weakness.
- Flatten out: (See "Advanced Usage" above).
- Flatten against: To press oneself or something tightly against a surface.
- The cat flattened itself against the wall to hide.
Flatten the curve: (Epidemiology/Public Health) To slow the spread of a disease to reduce the peak number of cases.
- Social distancing measures helped flatten the curve of infections.
Flatten someone's tires: To deliberately deflate the tires of someone's vehicle (often as an act of vandalism).
- Someone flattened his tires while the car was parked overnight.
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lower the pitch of (musical notes)
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become flat or flatter
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make flat or flatter
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flatten a road
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flatten your stomach with these exercises
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