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Meaning of 'flatten' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flatten [ a.]
- To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.
- To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
2 . Flatten [ v. i.]
- To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

Meaning of 'flatten' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flatten [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make flat or flatter
Example in sentence:
  • flatten a road;
  • flatten your stomach with these exercises
Meaning (2):
- become flat or flatter
Example in sentence:
  • The landscape flattened

Nearby Words:

flabbergast flabbergastation flabbily flabbiness flabby flabel flabellate flabellation flabelliform flabellinerved

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