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flatten

/ˈflat(ə)n

verb

1Make or become flat or flatter: [with object]: her hair had been flattened by the storm [no object]: after Kendal, the countryside begins to flatten out...

Secondly, the mixture is then flattened out in the blending machine, and then it is flattened further in an extruder machine.
The heavy boots he wore had long ago flattened and grass he walked on, making a perfectly straight path where he had paced for the past few hours.
She quickly brushed, combed, and flattened her hair.

Synonyms

make/become flat, make/become even, make/become smooth, smooth (out/off), level (out/off), even out;

iron, steamroller

compress, press down, crush, squash, compact;

trample, tread, tramp, wear

1.1 [with object and adverbial of place] Press (oneself or one’s body) against a surface: Guy flattened himself against the wall...

A group of children noisily pushed through the crowd, so Jag flattened himself against the wall to keep from getting squashed.
He has flattened himself violently against the wall, his knees bent in towards it, body shaking.
She flattened herself against the treetrunk and waited.

2 [with object] Raze (a building or settlement) to the ground: the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb...

The army has used its newly acquired firepower to flatten houses and other buildings, destroy coconut plantations and turn the city into a virtual ghost town.
But the torrent of brown water, which was already flattening buildings, wiped out the jeep, drowning her grandchildren.
Just 12 minutes after the order, the bombs were dropped from an altitude of 20,000 ft, flattening the building.

Synonyms

demolish, raze, raze to the ground, level, tear down, knock down, destroy, wipe out, topple, wreck, reduce to ruins, devastate, annihilate, pulverize, obliterate, ravage, smash, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map

North American informal total

rare unbuild

2.1 informal Strike (someone) so as to make them fall down: Flynn flattened him with a single punch...

A vision of me stepping on him, wobbling and then falling on him, flattening him like a pancake flashed through my head.
I was about to wish for a rock to fall off the sky and flatten me into a very slow and painful death, when the doorbell rang.
He said: ‘The old guy looked in good shape and I'm sure he would have flattened the other guy - if he could have caught him.’

Synonyms

knock down, knock over, knock to the ground, knock off one's feet, fell, rugby-tackle, topple, prostrate

informal lay out, floor, deck, knock for six, knock into the middle of next week

2.2 informal Defeat heavily in a contest: they flattened Bridgend by forty-two points to fifteen

2.3 informal Humiliate or depress (someone): the controversy has flattened everybody here...

My friend The Teacher would always say that Sunday is a day that can flatten you if you're not feeling on top of the world.
When, in my fifties, my wife left me I was flattened.

Synonyms

humiliate, crush, quash, squash, deflate, subdue, humble, cow, chasten, bring down/low, take down a peg or two, mortify

informal put down, floor, cut down to size, put someone in their place, settle someone's hash

US informal own

3 [with object] Music Lower (a note) in pitch by a semitone.

Phrasal verbs

flatten out

Derivatives

flattener

noun

单词	flatten
释义	flatten /ˈflat(ə)n / verb 1Make or become flat or flatter: [with object]: her hair had been flattened by the storm [no object]: after Kendal, the countryside begins to flatten out... Secondly, the mixture is then flattened out in the blending machine, and then it is flattened further in an extruder machine. The heavy boots he wore had long ago flattened and grass he walked on, making a perfectly straight path where he had paced for the past few hours. She quickly brushed, combed, and flattened her hair. Synonyms make/become flat, make/become even, make/become smooth, smooth (out/off), level (out/off), even out; iron, steamroller compress, press down, crush, squash, compact; trample, tread, tramp, wear 1.1 [with object and adverbial of place] Press (oneself or one’s body) against a surface: Guy flattened himself against the wall... A group of children noisily pushed through the crowd, so Jag flattened himself against the wall to keep from getting squashed. He has flattened himself violently against the wall, his knees bent in towards it, body shaking. She flattened herself against the treetrunk and waited. 2 [with object] Raze (a building or settlement) to the ground: the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb... The army has used its newly acquired firepower to flatten houses and other buildings, destroy coconut plantations and turn the city into a virtual ghost town. But the torrent of brown water, which was already flattening buildings, wiped out the jeep, drowning her grandchildren. Just 12 minutes after the order, the bombs were dropped from an altitude of 20,000 ft, flattening the building. Synonyms demolish, raze, raze to the ground, level, tear down, knock down, destroy, wipe out, topple, wreck, reduce to ruins, devastate, annihilate, pulverize, obliterate, ravage, smash, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map North American informal total rare unbuild 2.1 informal Strike (someone) so as to make them fall down: Flynn flattened him with a single punch... A vision of me stepping on him, wobbling and then falling on him, flattening him like a pancake flashed through my head. I was about to wish for a rock to fall off the sky and flatten me into a very slow and painful death, when the doorbell rang. He said: ‘The old guy looked in good shape and I'm sure he would have flattened the other guy - if he could have caught him.’ Synonyms knock down, knock over, knock to the ground, knock off one's feet, fell, rugby-tackle, topple, prostrate informal lay out, floor, deck, knock for six, knock into the middle of next week 2.2 informal Defeat heavily in a contest: they flattened Bridgend by forty-two points to fifteen 2.3 informal Humiliate or depress (someone): the controversy has flattened everybody here... My friend The Teacher would always say that Sunday is a day that can flatten you if you're not feeling on top of the world. When, in my fifties, my wife left me I was flattened. Synonyms humiliate, crush, quash, squash, deflate, subdue, humble, cow, chasten, bring down/low, take down a peg or two, mortify informal put down, floor, cut down to size, put someone in their place, settle someone's hash US informal own 3 [with object] Music Lower (a note) in pitch by a semitone. Phrasal verbs flatten out Derivatives flattener noun Rhymes baton, batten, fatten, harmattan, Manhattan, Mountbatten, paten, patten, pattern, platen, Saturn, slattern
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flatten

Phrasal verbs

Derivatives

flattener

Rhymes