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flatten
flat·ten F0172100 (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.flatten (ˈflætən) vb1. (sometimes foll by out) to make or become flat or flatter2. (tr) informal a. to knock down or injure; prostrateb. 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 nflat•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. flatten
Past participle: flattened
Gerund: flattening
| Present |
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| I flatten | | you flatten | | he/she/it flattens | | we flatten | | you flatten | | they flatten |
| Preterite |
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| I flattened | | you flattened | | he/she/it flattened | | we flattened | | you flattened | | they flattened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am flattening | | you are flattening | | he/she/it is flattening | | we are flattening | | you are flattening | | they are flattening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have flattened | | you have flattened | | he/she/it has flattened | | we have flattened | | you have flattened | | they have flattened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was flattening | | you were flattening | | he/she/it was flattening | | we were flattening | | you were flattening | | they were flattening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had flattened | | you had flattened | | he/she/it had flattened | | we had flattened | | you had flattened | | they had flattened |
| Future |
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| I will flatten | | you will flatten | | he/she/it will flatten | | we will flatten | | you will flatten | | they will flatten |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have flattened | | you will have flattened | | he/she/it will have flattened | | we will have flattened | | you will have flattened | | they will have flattened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be flattening | | you will be flattening | | he/she/it will be flattening | | we will be flattening | | you will be flattening | | they will be flattening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been flattening | | you have been flattening | | he/she/it has been flattening | | we have been flattening | | you have been flattening | | they have been flattening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been flattening | | you will have been flattening | | he/she/it will have been flattening | | we will have been flattening | | you will have been flattening | | they will have been flattening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been flattening | | you had been flattening | | he/she/it had been flattening | | we had been flattening | | you had been flattening | | they had been flattening |
| Conditional |
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| I would flatten | | you would flatten | | he/she/it would flatten | | we would flatten | | you would flatten | | they would flatten |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have flattened | | you would have flattened | | he/she/it would have flattened | | we would have flattened | | you would have flattened | | they would have flattened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | flatten - make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"shape, form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"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"roll out, roll - flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"laminate - press or beat (metals) into thin sheets | | 2. | flatten - become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"flatten outchange form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or formsplat - 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)dropmusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manneralter, 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) |
flattenverb1. 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.flattenverb1. To make even, smooth, or level:even, flat, level, plane, smooth, straighten.2. 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.Translationsflat (flӕt) adjective1. level; without rise or fall. a flat surface. 平的 平的2. dull; without interest. She spent a very flat weekend. 無聊的 无聊的3. (of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic. a flat denial. 斷然的 断然的4. (of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air. His car had a flat tyre. 癟了的 瘪了的5. (of drinks) no longer fizzy. flat lemonade; (also adverb) My beer has gone flat. 走了氣的 走了气的6. slightly lower than a musical note should be. That last note was flat; (also adverb) The choir went very flat. 降音的 降音的 adverb stretched out. She was lying flat on her back. 平直地 平直地 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? 一套房間 一套房间2. (in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower. 降半音 降半音3. a level, even part. the flat of her hand. 平坦部分 平坦部分4. (usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc. mud flats. 低窪沼澤地 低洼沼泽地ˈflatly adverb definitely; emphatically. She flatly denied it. 斷然地 断然地ˈflatten verb (often with out) to make or become flat. The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea. 變平 变平flat rate a fixed amount, especially one that is the same in all cases. He charged a flat rate for the work. 統一費率 统一价格，统一费率 flat out as fast, energetically etc as possible. She worked flat out. 傾全力 全速地，倾全力 flatten
flattenTo strike someone and knock them down. Can you believe that skinny little kid flattened the bully?flatten out1. To become flat. Ah, so the picture did flatten out after being under that big textbook for a few hours.2. To cause someone or something to become flat. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flatten" and "out." I put the picture under that big textbook to try and flatten it out.3. To strike someone and knock them down. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flatten" and "out." Can you believe that skinny little kid flattened out the bully?See also: flatten, outflatten someone or something outto make someone or something flat. If you fall under the steamroller, it will flatten you out. Flatten out that dough a little more. Please flatten it out.See also: flatten, outflatten outv.1. To become completely flat: The graph indicated that sales were strong in July but that they flattened out in August.2. To make something completely flat: I flattened out the crumpled paper and wrote on it. The iron flattened the wrinkly fabric out.3. To knock someone to the ground: The boxer flattened out his opponent. The bicyclist flattened the pedestrian out.See also: flatten, outflatten tv. to knock someone down with a blow. Shorty flattened the kid with a jab to the nose. flatten
flattenTo remove structural information, especially to filtersomething with an implicit tree structure into a simplesequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping toflat ASCII. "This code flattens an expression withparentheses into an equivalent canonical form."FinancialSeeflatflatten
Synonyms for flattenverb levelSynonyms- level
- roll
- plaster
- squash
- compress
- trample
- iron out
- even out
- smooth off
verb destroySynonyms- destroy
- level
- ruin
- demolish
- knock down
- pull down
- tear down
- throw down
- bulldoze
- raze
- remove
verb knock downSynonyms- knock down
- fell
- floor
- deck
- bowl over
- prostrate
- knock off your feet
verb crushSynonyms- crush
- beat
- defeat
- trounce
- master
- worst
- overwhelm
- conquer
- lick
- undo
- subdue
- rout
- overpower
- quell
- clobber
- vanquish
- run rings around
- wipe the floor with
- make mincemeat of
- blow out of the water
Synonyms for flattenverb to make even, smooth, or levelSynonyms- even
- flat
- level
- plane
- smooth
- straighten
verb to cause to fall, as from a shot or blowSynonyms- bring down
- cut down
- down
- drop
- fell
- floor
- ground
- knock down
- level
- prostrate
- strike down
- throw
- deck
Synonyms for flattenverb make flat or flatterRelated Words- shape
- form
- steamroll
- steamroller
- splat
- roll out
- roll
- laminate
verb become flat or flatterSynonymsRelated Words- change form
- change shape
- deform
- splat
- press
verb lower the pitch of (musical notes)SynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |