Aflat

//əˈflæt// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Level with the ground; lying flat. not-comparable, obsolete

    "When you would have many new roots of fruit trees , take a low tree and bow it , and lay all its branches aflat upon the ground , and cast earth upon them"

Example

More examples

"When you would have many new roots of fruit trees , take a low tree and bow it , and lay all its branches aflat upon the ground , and cast earth upon them"

Etymology

From a- + flat.

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