flat 1 (fl t)adj. flat·ter, flat·test 1. Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature. 2. Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams. 3. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat board. See Synonyms at level. 4. Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone. 5. Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal. 6. Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate. 7. Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario. 8. a. Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt. b. Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer. 9. a. Deflated. Used of a tire. b. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery. 10. Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function. 11. Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month. 12. Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice. 13. Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: "The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells" (Anne Tyler). 14. Not glossy; mat: flat paint. 15. Music a. Being below the correct pitch. b. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat. 16. Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat. 17. Nautical Taut. Used of a sail. adv. 1. a. Level with the ground; horizontally. b. On or up against a flat surface; at full length. 2. So as to be flat. 3. a. Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke. b. Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat. 4. Music Below the intended pitch. 5. Business Without interest charge. n. 1. A flat surface or part. 2. A stretch of level ground. Often used in the plural: salt flats. 3. A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings. 4. A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth. 5. A flatcar. 6. A deflated tire. 7. A shoe with a flat heel. 8. A large flat piece of mail. 9. A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner. 10. Music a. A sign (  ) used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a half step.b. A note that is lowered a half step. 11. Football The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation. v. flat·ted, flat·ting, flats v.tr. 1. To make flat; flatten. 2. Music To lower (a note) a semitone. v.intr. Music To sing or play below the proper pitch. [Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] flat  ly adv.flat ness n. |
| flat 2 (flt) n. 1. An apartment on one floor of a building. 2. Archaic A story in a house. [Alteration of Scots flet, inner part of a house, from Middle English, from Old English, floor, dwelling; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] |
flat 1
Adjective
[flatter, flattest]
1. horizontal or level: roofs are now flat instead of slanted
2. even or smooth: a flat surface
3. lying stretched out at full length
4. (of a tyre) deflated
5. (of shoes) having an unraised heel
6. without qualification; total: a flat rejection
7. fixed: a flat rate
8. unexciting: a picture curiously flat in tone
9. without variation or emotion: a flat voice
10. (of drinks) no longer fizzy
11. (of a battery) fully discharged
12. (of paint) without gloss
13. Music
a. denoting a note that has been lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone: B flat
b. (of an instrument, voice, etc.) out of tune by being too low in pitch
Adverb
1. in or into a level or flat position: the boat was knocked almost flat
2. completely: flat broke
3. exactly: in three months flat
4. Music
a. lower than a standard pitch
b. too low in pitch: singing flat
5. fall flat (on one's face) to fail to achieve a desired effect
6. flat out Informal with maximum speed and effort
Noun
1. a flat object or part
2. low-lying land, esp. a marsh
3. a mud bank exposed at low tide
4. Music
a. an accidental that lowers the pitch of a note by one semitone Symbol: \&f
b. a note affected by this accidental
5. Theatre a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, used to form part of a stage setting
6. a punctured car tyre
7. the flat Chiefly Brit the season of flat racing [Old Norse flatr]
flatly adv
flat 2
Noun
a set of rooms forming a home entirely on one floor of a building
Verb
[flatting, flatted]
1. Austral & NZ to share a flat
2. go flatting Austral & NZ to leave home to share a flat [Old English flett floor, hall, house]
In photography, lacking in contrast.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  flat - a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"alluvial flat, alluvial plain - a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" salt flat, salt plain - a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
| 2. | flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" | |
| 3. | flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians double flat - a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones | |
| 4. |  flat - freight car without permanent sides or rooffreight car - a railway car that carries freight | |
| 5. |  flat - a deflated pneumatic tire pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc | |
| 6. | flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting mise en scene, stage setting, setting - arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted | |
| 7. |  flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment houseapartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences duplex apartment, duplex - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom flatlet - a tiny flat kitchenette - small kitchen maisonette, maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them studio apartment, studio - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen rooms, suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator | |
| Adj. | 1. | flat - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| 2. | flat - having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors" planar, two-dimensional - involving two dimensions | |
| 3. |  flat - not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" | |
| 4. | flat - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" unerect - not upright in position or posture | |
| 5. | flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs contrasty - having sharp differences between black and white | |
| 6. | flat - (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner natural - (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural" sharp - (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp" | |
| 7. | flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" | |
| 8. |  flat - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"tasteless - lacking flavor | |
| 9. | flat - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating | |
| 10. | flat - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola" noneffervescent - not effervescent | |
| 11. | flat - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" unmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria" | |
| 12. | flat - horizontally level; "a flat roof" horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface" | |
| 13. |  flat - lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"multidimensional - having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; "multidimensional problems"; "a multidimensional proposition"; "a multidimensional personality" | |
| 14. | flat - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" | |
| 15. | flat - commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | |
| Adv. | 1. | flat - with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind" |
| 2. | flat - in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" |
flat 1
adjective 1. even, level, levelled, plane, smooth, uniform, horizontal, unbroken, planar << OPPOSITE uneven
adjective 2. horizontal, prone, outstretched, reclining, prostrate, laid low, supine, recumbent, lying full length << OPPOSITE upright
adjective 5. absolute, firm, direct, straight, positive, fixed, plain, final, explicit, definite, outright, unconditional, downright, unmistakable, unequivocal, unqualified, out-and-out, categorical, peremptory
adjective 6. dull, dead, empty, boring, depressing, pointless, tedious, stale, lacklustre, tiresome, lifeless, monotonous, uninteresting, insipid, unexciting, spiritless << OPPOSITE exciting
adjective 7. without energy, empty, weak, tired, depressed, drained, weary, worn out, dispirited, downhearted, tired out
adjective 8. monotonous, boring, uniform, dull, tedious, droning, tiresome, unchanging, colourless, toneless, samey (informal) uninflected, unvaried
adverb 10. completely, directly, absolutely, categorically, precisely, exactly, utterly, outright, point blank, unequivocally flat out (Informal) at full speed, all out, to the full, hell for leather (informal) as hard as possible, at full tilt, at full gallop, posthaste, for all you are worth, under full steam
flat 2
Translations
flat [flæt] adj → llano (= smooth); liso; [tyre] → desinflado; [battery] → descargado; [beer] → sin gas;
(MUS) [instrument] → desafinado
(AUT) → pinchazo;
(MUS) → bemol m;
(to work) flat out → (trabajar) a tope;
flat [flæt] adj → plat(e); [tyre] → dégonflé(e) → à plat; [beer] → éventé(e) [+ battery]; à plat; [denial] → catégorique;
n (Brit) (= apartment); appartement m;
(Mus) → bémol m;
flat [flæt] adj → flach;
(surface) → eben;
(tyre) → platt;
(battery) → leer;
(beer) → schal;
(refusal, denial) → glatt;
(note, voice) → zu tief;
(rate, fee) → Pauschal-
n (Brit) (apartment) → Wohnung f;
(Aut) → (Reifen)panne f;
(Mus) → Erniedrigungszeichen nt;
to work flat out → auf Hochtouren arbeiten;
flat rate of pay → Pauschallohn m
flat [flæt] adj → piatto/a; [tyre] → sgonfio/a, a terra; [battery] → scarico/a; [denial] → netto/a;
n (BRIT) (= rooms); appartamento;
(MUS) → bemolle m;
(AUT) → pneumatico sgonfio
adj flat [flӕt]
1 level; without rise or fall a flat surface. plat مُسَطَّح، مُنْبَسِط равен plochý flad; jævn; plan; lige flach επίπεδος, ομαλός llano, plano, liso tasane مسطح tasainen, litteä plat שָׁטוּח गिरा देना gladak, ravne površine sík datar flatur piatto 平らな 평평한 lygus, plokščias plakans; lēzens mendatar vlak flat, jevn płaski 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 nudný, všední kedelig; død langweilig πληκτικός monótono üksluine کسالت آور tylsä ennuyeux חֲסַר עִנייָן मंद dosadan, jednoličan unalmas membosankan leiðinlegur, tilbreytingarlítill noioso 味気ない 지루한, 따분한 nuobodus garlaicīgs; neinteresants membosankan saai kjedelig, trist nudny 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 rozhodný, jasný ubetinget; kategorisk; pure glatt κατηγορηματικός rotundo kindel قطعی ehdoton net מוּחלָט एक समान odlučan, nedvosmislen egyértelmű tegas afdráttarlaus netto きっぱりした 확실한, 전적인, 딱 부러진 kategoriškas skaidrs; noteikts; kategorisks tegas absoluut blankt, kategorisk, ubetinget kategoryczny completo categoric категорический rozhodný gladek izričit uttrycklig, blankt [] 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 prázdný, splasklý flad; punkteret platt ξεφούσκωτος (για λάστιχο) desinflado tühi پنچر puhjennut, tyhjennyt 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 plat flat, punktert bez powietrza 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 zvětralý flad; doven fade 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 김 빠진 išsivadėjęs, nusivadėjęs (par dzērienu) novadējies tidak berbusa zonder prik doven zwietrzały 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 nižší o půl tónu for lav; ikke ren zu tief μερικές σκάλες παρακάτω (σε κλίμακα ήχου) desafinado (pisut) madal بیش از حد زیر alennettu, alavireinen en dessous du ton בְּמוֹל बेसुरा snižen (ton); sniženo lehangolódott, hamis (”lecsúszott”) datar lágur; sem hangir í tóninum; of lágt abbassato di tono; più basso in tono 半音低い 음이 낮은, 반음 아래의 pažemintas, per žemas bemola-; pazemināts; detonēts datar te laag falsk, for lavt (i forhold til toneleiet) (za) niski desafinado (mai) jos бемольный znížený, falošný; falošne znižan niski tonovi för låg[] ที่ลดเสียงลงต่ำครึ่งหนึ่ง (ดนตรี) pes, akortsuz 降音的 бемольний موسیقی کی دھن سے تھوڑا کم giáng 降音的
adv
stretched out She was lying flat on her back. plat متَمَدِّد точно roztažený udstrakt flach ξαπλωμένος, φαρδύς πλατύς horizontalmente täies pikkuses درازکش pitkin pituuttaan à plat יָשָר चित्त लेटना potrbuške ispružen elnyúlva melunjur flatt disteso 平らべったく 쭉 뻗고, 납작하게 išsitiesęs (visu ūgiu) plakaniski; garšļaukus melunjur uitgestrekt utstrakt, flatt płasko estendido întins плашмя natiahnuto plosko ispružen platt, utsträckt อย่างแผ่หลา dümdüz 平直地 плескато لمبی تان کر sóng sượt; sõng soài 平直地
n
1 (Americanaˈpartment) 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 byt lejlighed die Wohnung διαμέρισμα apartamento korter آپارتمان kerrostaloasunto, huoneisto appartement דִירָה घर stan lakás apartemen íbúð appartamento アパート 아파트 butas dzīvoklis pangsapuri flat leilighet mieszkanie 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 předznamenání bé (med b for) das B ύφεση (μουσ.) bemol madaldusmärk بمل alennusmerkki bémol בְּמוֹל सुर से धीमी आवाज snizilica b, bé bémol bé, lækkunarmerki bemolle フラット記号 플랫 bemolis bemols tanda flat molteken foran (ass, ess osv.)`}}tone med {{bflat}} foran (ass, ess osv.) bemol 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 dlaň håndflade die Fläche επίπεδη πλευρά plano; palma laba هر چیز مسطح lape, kämmen 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 plano suprafaţă plată плоская поверхность dlaň ploskev ravno platt föremål, []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 nížina fladt land; slette; marsk die Niederung πεδινή περιοχή (πληθ.) llano, llanura madal ala زمین هموار؛ جلگه tasanne marécages, bas-fonds שֶטַח מִישוֹרִי समुद्र किनारे का समतल भाग plićina homokzátony dataran flatlendi, sléttlendi piano; pantano 平地 강가나 바닷가의 평지 žemuma, sekluma purvājs dataran wad slette, flate nizina 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
adv flatly
definitely; emphatically She flatly denied it. volstrek ontken بِصَراحَه، بصورة تامَّ решително rovnou, rozhodně ubetinget; kategoriskt; pure glatt κατηγορηματικά categóricamente kindlalt مطلقاً؛ قطعاً painokkaasti catégoriquement בְּאוֹפןֶ מוּחלָט पूरी तरह से glatko, bez razmišljanja határozottan tegas ákveðið; eindregið categoricamente きっぱりと 확실하게, 딱 잘라 kategoriškai kategoriski; noteikti dengan tegas botweg direkte, likefram, blankt kategorycznie 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
v flatten
(often without) to make or become flat The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea. plat word يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط изравнявам (се) narovnat se, zploštit se blive fladt flach werden ισοπεδώνω, ισιώνω allanar, aplanar laiaks litsuma, tasanduma مسطح کردن litistää, tasoittua (s')aplanir לְשָטֵח समतल करना, होना postati ravan, ravnati (se) kisimít; lapossá válik membuat datar, meratakan fletja appiattirsi 平らにする 평평해지다; 평평하게 하다 iš(si)lyginti, padaryti plokščią izlīdzināties; saplakt meratakan plat worden, afplatten gjøre/trykke flat, jevne med jorda spłaszczać (się) aplanar-se a (se) nivela выравнивать(ся) 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 paušální sazba fast beløb der Einheitspreis ενιαία τιμή tarifa fija püsiv (tasu)määr میزان ثابت kiinteä maksu prix/taux fixe מְחִיר אָחִיד एक समान दर paušalni iznos, stalna pristojba átalány harga rata-rata fast gjald prezzo fisso 均一料金 균일가, 균일 요금 pastovus tarifas noteikta samaksa harga tetap vast tarief fast pris/takst stała opłata fixo preţ fix единообразная ставка jednotná sadzba fiksna cena fiksni iznos enhetspris ปริมาณคงที่โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งปริมาณที่เท่ากันในทุกกรณี tek fiyat 統一收費率 постійні розцінки, фіксована плата بندھا ہوئی قیمت tỉ lệ cố định 统一收费率
flat out
as fast, energetically etc as possible She worked flat out. voluit بِسُرْعَةٍ وَنَشاط с всички сили nejvyšší rychlostí, na plné obrátky på højtryk; for fulde omdrejninger entscheiden χωρίς ανάσα, όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται a toda pastilla, a todo gas kogu jõust با سرعت و کوشش تمام täydellä teholla à toute allure בְּכָל הַכּוֹחַ शीघ्रता से, बहुत थका होना maksimalan, totalan, stopostotan mindent beleadva keras af fullum krafti strenuamente 全速力で (온 힘을 다해) 최고 속력으로 pašėlusiai greitai, iš visų jėgų pārgalvīgi bekerja keras op volle kracht for fullt, full fart jak w transie a todo o gás QUERY 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 倾全力
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