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Flatten
//ˈflæ.tən// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make something flat or flatter. transitive
"As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch."
- 2 lower the pitch of (musical notes) wordnet
- 3 To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed. reflexive
"With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall."
- 4 become flat or flatter wordnet
- 5 To knock down or lay low. transitive
"The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger."
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- 6 make flat or flatter wordnet
- 7 To become flat or flatter; to plateau. intransitive
"Prices have flattened out."
- 8 To be knocked down or laid low. intransitive
- 9 To lower by a semitone.
- 10 To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- 11 To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements. transitive
- 12 To combine (separate layers) into a single image. transitive
Etymology
From flat + -en.
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