flatten

flat·ten

 (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.

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flat′ten·er n.

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flatten

(ˈflætən)

vb

1. (sometimes foll by out) to make or become flat or flatter

2. (tr) informal

a. to knock down or injure; prostrate

b. 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 n

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flat•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.

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flatten

Past participle: flattened
Gerund: flattening

Imperative

flatten

flatten

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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 out change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form splat - 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) drop music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner alter, 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)

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flatten

verb

1. 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.

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flatten

verb

1. 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.

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Translations

يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط

zploštit senarovnat serozdrtitsplácnoutsplácnout se

blive fladt

flach werden

ισιώνω

aplatiraplanir

lapossá válik

fletja

appiattireappiattirsilevigare

gjøre flatjevne med jordatrykke flat

sploštiť sa

sploščitizravnati

düzleş mek

变平

flatten

[ˈflætn]

A. VT

1. (= compress, squash) [+ road, grass] → allanar, aplanar; [+ hair, paper] → alisar
flatten the dough with a rolling pin → aplanar or extender la masa con un rodillo
I flattened myself against the wall → me pegué a la pared

2. (= level out) [+ surface] → nivelar

3. (= knock down) [+ building, city] → arrasar; [+ person] → tumbar
he could flatten me with one blow → podría tumbarme de un solo golpe

4. (fig) (= defeat, subdue) → desanimar, desalentar
she felt flattened → se sintió desalentada

B. VI

1. (= lie flat) the dog's ears flattened → el perro bajó las orejas

2. (= become flat) [road, countryside] → nivelarse, allanarse

flatten out

A. VI + ADV

1. (= become flat) [road, countryside] → nivelarse, allanarse

2. (= increase less rapidly) sales have flattened out → el ritmo de las ventas ha decrecido

B. VT + ADV [+ road] → allanar, aplanar; [+ paper, map] → extender, alisar

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flatten

[ˈflæt^ən]

vt

(= make flatter) [+ bump] → aplanir; [+ dough] → aplatir

to flatten o.s. against a wall → se plaquer contre un mur

(= beat down) [+ corn, crop] → écraser

(= destroy) [+ house, city] → raser

vi [price, growth] → se stabiliser

flatten out

vi → s'aplanir

vt sep [+ dough, mixture] → aplatir; [+ bump] → aplanir

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flatten

vt

path, road, field → ebnen, planieren; metal → flach or platt hämmern or schlagen; (storm etc) crops → zu Boden drücken, niederdrücken; trees → umwerfen; town → dem Erdboden gleichmachen

(fig: = defeat) → vernichtend schlagen; (= knock down) → niederschlagen; (= demoralize, snub) → zu nichts reduzieren; that’ll flatten him → das wird bei ihm die Luft rauslassen (inf)

vr to flatten oneself against something → sich platt gegen or an etw drücken

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flatten

[ˈflætn] vt (road, field) → spianare, appiattire; (house, city) → abbattere, radere al suolo; (map) → spiegare, aprire
to flatten o.s. against sth → appiattirsi contro qc

flatten out

1. vi + adv (road, countryside) → appiattirsi

2. vt + adv (path, paper) → spianare

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flat

(flӕt) adjective

1. level; without rise or fall. a flat surface. plat مُسَطَّح، مُنْبَسِط равен raso plochý flach flad; jævn; plan; lige επίπεδος, ομαλόςllano, plano, liso tasane مسطح tasainen platשטוח गिरा देना gladak, ravne površine sík datar flatur piatto 平らな 수평인 lygus, plokščias plakans; lēzens mendatar vlakflat, jevnpłaski پوړ raso plat плоский plochý raven ravan flat, flack, platt ราบ (พื้นดิน) düz 平的 плаский; рівний سپاٹ bằng phẳng 平的

2. dull; without interest. She spent a very flat weekend. vaal فاتِر، بارِد، غير مُثير еднообразен aborrecido nudný, všední langweilig kedelig; død πληκτικόςmonótono üksluine کسالت آور tylsä ennuyeux חֲסַר עִנייָן मंद dosadan, jednoličan unalmas membosankan leiðinlegur, tilbreytingarlítill noioso 味気ない 지루한 nuobodus garlaicīgs; neinteresants membosankan saaikjedelig, tristnudny لټ، غړندى، سست مړاوى بې خونده، ه aborrecido neinteresat скучный nudný, všedný dolgočasen dosadan tråkig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı 無聊的 нудний بے مزہ đều đều 无聊的

3. (of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic. a flat denial. volstrekte ontkenning صَريح، تام، مؤكَّد решителен completo rozhodný, jasný glatt ubetinget; kategorisk; pure κατηγοηματικός rotundo kindel قطعی ehdoton netמוחלט एक समान odlučan, nedvosmislen egyértelmű tegas afdráttarlaus netto きっぱりした 단호한 kategoriškas skaidrs; noteikts; kategorisks tegas absoluutblankt, kategorisk, ubetinget kategoryczny قطعی completo categoric категорический rozhodný gladek izričit uttrycklig, blankt [nej] แน่นอน kesin 斷然的 прямий, категоричний حتمی، یقینی thẳng thừng 断然的

4. (of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air. His car had a flat tyre. pap band مُفْرَغ من الهَواء спукан vazio prázdný, splasklý platt flad; punkteret ξεφούσκωτοςdesinflado tühi پنچر tyhjä à plat מְפוּנצַ'ר पहिया इत्यादि से हवा निकल जाना prazno (guma) lapos; gumidefekt kempis vindlaus sgonfio, a terra 空気の抜けた 바람이 빠진 nuleistas, subliuškęs (par riepu) saplacis kempis platflat, punktert bez powietrza پنچر vazio dezumflat спущенный sfúknutý prazen izbušen punkterad แบน patlak 癟了的 зпущений, здутий پچکا ہوا bẹp 瘪了的

5. (of drinks) no longer fizzy. flat lemonade; (also adverb) My beer has gone flat. verslaan لا طَعْمَ لَهُ изветрял choca zvětralý fade flad; doven ξεθυμασμένος, που δεν αφρίζει πια sin gas lahtunud بی مزه؛ بی گاز väljähtynyt éventé אִיבֵּד אֶת הַגָזִים झाग खो चुका पेय ishlapljen; ishlapljeno állott tidak segar flatur, goslaus sgassato 気の抜けた 맥빠진 išsivadėjęs, nusivadėjęs (par dzērienu) novadējies tidak berbusa zonder prik doven zwietrzały بې خونده choco trezit выдохшийся zvetraný postan izlapeti avslagen หมดฟอง (เครื่องดื่ม) gazı kaçmış 走了氣的 видиханий سنسناہٹ کے بغیر hả hơi 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. vals gesing غير واضِح، أدنى من اللازِم глух desafinado nižší o půl tónu zu tief for lav; ikke ren μερικές σκάλες παρακάτω (σε κλίμακα ήχου) desafinado (pisut) madal بیش از حد زیر alavireinen en dessous du ton בְּמוֹל बेसुरा snižen (ton); sniženo lehangolódott, hamis (”lecsúszott”) datar lágur; sem hangir í tóninum; of lágt abbassato di tono; in tono più basso 半音低い 반음 내린 pažemintas, per žemas bemola-; pazemināts; detonēts datar te laag falsk, for lavt niski لږ په لږ اندازه desafinado (mai) jos бемольный znížený, falošný; falošne znižan niski tonovi för låg[t stämd] ที่ลดเสียงลงต่ำครึ่งหนึ่ง (ดนตรี) pes, akortsuz 降音的 бемольний موسیقی کی دھن سے تھوڑا کم giáng 降音的

adverb

stretched out. She was lying flat on her back. plat متَمَدِّد точно estendido roztažený flach udstrakt ξαπλωμένος, φαρδύς πλατύς horizontalmente täies pikkuses درازکش pitkin pituuttaan à platישר चित्त लेटना potrbuške ispružen elnyúlva melunjur flatt disteso 平らべったく 납작하게 펴고 išsitiesęs (visu ūgiu) plakaniski; garšļaukus melunjur uitgestrektutstrakt, flatt płasko دراز غزيدل estendido întins плашмя natiahnuto plosko ispružen platt, utsträckt อย่างแผ่หลา dümdüz 平直地 плескато لمبی تان کر sóng sượt; sõng soài 平直地

noun

1. (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? woonstel شَقَّه سَكنيَّه апартамент apartamento byt die Wohnung lejlighed διαμέρισμαapartamento korter آپارتمان asunto appartementדירה घर stan lakás apartemen íbúð appartamento アパート 플랫, 아파트 butas dzīvoklis pangsapuri flatleilighetmieszkanie پار تمان، استوګنځى apartamento apartament квартира byt stanovanje stan lägenhet ห้องชุด daire, kat 一套房間 квартира کسی عمارت کی مکمل رہائشی اکائی căn hộ 一套房间

2. (in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower. mineurteken عَلامَة الخَفْض في الموسيقى бемол bemol předznamenání bé das B (med b for) ύφεσηbemol madaldusmärk بمل alennusmerkki bémol בְּמוֹל सुर से धीमी आवाज snizilica b, bé bémol bé, lækkunarmerki bemolle フラット記号 내림표 bemolis bemols tanda flat molteken foran (ass, ess osv.)`}}tone med {{bflat}} foran (ass, ess osv.) bemol بمل د موسیقی آله ده bemol bemol бемоль znamienko bé nižaj snizilica b-förtecken, halvt tonsteg nedåt เสียงที่ลดเสียงลงต่ำครึ่งหนึ่ง (ดนตรี) bemol 降半音 бемоль کسی دھن کو آدھا درجہ نیچے کرنے والی علامت dấu giáng 降半音

3. a level, even part. the flat of her hand. plat kant راحَة اليَد длан plano dlaň die Fläche håndflade επίπεδη πλευρά plano; palma laba هر چیز مسطح tasainen osa plat צַד שָׁטוּחַ समतल भाग dlan lap(os felület); tenyér telapak flatur palmo 平たい部分 평평한 부분 plokštuma, plokščioji pusė delna telapak vlak gedeelte flate, flatside płaska część هر شی چی پلنه لړی plano supra­faţă plată плоская поверхность dlaň ploskev ravno platt föremål, [hand]flata ส่วนที่เป็นระนาบ düzlük, düz taraf 平坦部分 плоска поверхня سپاٹ حصہ lòng (sông, bàn tay...) 平坦部分

4. (usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc. mud flats. vlakte أرض مُنْبَسِطَه، ساحِل равнина baixio nížina die Niederung fladt land; slette; marsk πεδινή περιοχή (πληθ.) llano, llanura madal ala زمین هموار؛ جلگه tasamaa marécages, bas-fonds שֶטַח מִישוֹרִי समुद्र किनारे का समतल भाग plićina homokzátony dataran flatlendi, sléttlendi piano; pantano 平地 (강 따위에 가까운) 평지 žemuma, sekluma purvājs dataran wadslette, flatenizina اواره ځمکی baixio ţărm jos; ţinut mlăştinos низина; отмель nížina ravnina ravnica flackt land, låglänt mark ที่ราบ düzlük, düz alan 低窪沼澤地 рівнина, низина سپاٹ زمین کا علاقہ đất bằng phẳng; dải đất phẳng thấp, nhất là gần nước 低洼沼泽地

ˈflatly adverb

definitely; emphatically. She flatly denied it. volstrek ontken بِصَراحَه، بصورة تامَّ решително categoricamente rovnou, rozhodně glatt ubetinget; kategoriskt; pure κατηγορηματικά categóricamente kindlalt مطلقاً؛ قطعاً ehdottomasti catégoriquement בְּאוֹפןֶ מוּחלָט पूरी तरह से glatko, bez razmišljanja határozottan tegas ákveðið; eindregið categoricamente きっぱりと 명백히 kategoriškai kategoriski; noteikti dengan tegas botwegdirekte, likefram, blankt kategorycznie په نيغه، په سمه، بيدو (عينا categoricamente categoric категорически rozhodne, priamo, úplne odločno glatko uttryckligen, blankt อย่างแน่นอน kesin olarak, kesinlikle 斷然地 рішуче, категорично دو ٹوک thẳng thừng; dứt khoát 断然地

ˈflatten verb

(often with out) to make or become flat. The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea. plat word يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط изравнявам (се) aplanar-se narovnat se, zploštit se flach werden blive fladt ισοπεδώνω, ισιώνωallanar, aplanar laiaks litsuma, tasanduma مسطح کردن tasoittua aplanir לְשָטֵח समतल करना, होना postati ravan, ravnati (se) kisimít; lapossá válik membuat datar, meratakan fletja appiattirsi 平らにする 평평하게 하다 iš(si)lyginti, padaryti plokščią izlīdzināties; saplakt meratakan plat worden, afplatten gjøre/trykke flat, jevne med jorda spłaszczać (się) پلنول، پيتول، aplanar-se a (se) nivela выравнивать sploštiť sa zravnati (se) izravnati bli (göra) platt, plana ut ทำให้แบน düzleş(tir)mek 變平 робити(ся) рівним سپاٹ بنانا یا ہونا dát mỏng; dát phẳng 变平

flat rate

a fixed amount, especially one that is the same in all cases. He charged a flat rate for the work. eenvormige/uniforme/vaste tarief مبلغ ثابت твърда такса valor fixo paušální sazba der Einheitspreis fast beløb ενιαία τιμή tarifa fija püsiv (tasu)määr میزان ثابت kiinteä hinta prix/taux fixe מְחִיר אָחִיד एक समान दर paušalni iznos, stalna pristojba átalány harga rata-rata fast gjald prezzo fisso 均一料金 균일 요금 pastovus tarifas noteikta samaksa harga tetap vast tarief fast pris/takst stała opłata میزان ثابت fixo preţ fix единообразная ставка jednotná sadzba fiksna cena fiksni iznos enhetspris จำนวนตายตัว tek fiyat 統一費率 постійні розцінки, фіксована плата بندھا ہوئی قیمت tỉ lệ cố định 统一价格，统一费率

flat out

as fast, energetically etc as possible. She worked flat out. voluit بِسُرْعَةٍ وَنَشاط с всички сили com todo o gás nejvyšší rychlostí, na plné obrátky entscheiden på højtryk; for fulde omdrejninger χωρίς ανάσα, όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται a toda pastilla, a todo gas kogu jõust با سرعت و کوشش تمام täysillä à toute allure בְּכָל הַכּוֹחַ शीघ्रता से, बहुत थका होना maksimalan, totalan, stopostotan mindent beleadva keras af fullum krafti strenuamente 全速力で 전력을 다하여 pašėlusiai greitai, iš visų jėgų pārgalvīgi bekerja keras op volle kracht for fullt, full fart jak w transie په تیزی او هسه کی پای ته رسول a todo o gás cât îl ţin puterile изо всех сил plnou rýchlosťou na vso moč do iznemoglosti för fullt, i full fart อย่างเร็วเท่าที่จะเป็นไปได้ bütün hızıyla 傾全力 на повній швидкості پوری رفتار سے روانہ càng nhanh càng tốt, sử dụng tất cả sức lực hoặc phương sách 全速地，倾全力

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