flatten (redirected from flattening)

flat·ten  (fltn)

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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flatten·er n.

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flatten

Verb

1. to make or become flat or flatter

2. Informal

a. to knock down or injure

b. to crush or subdue

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. (sometimes with out) level, roll, plaster, squash, compress, trample, iron out, even out, smooth off

verb 2. (sometimes with out) destroy, level, ruin, demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze, raze, remove, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)

verb 3. (Informal) knock down, fell, floor, deck (slang) bowl over, prostrate, knock off your feet

verb 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)

Translations

flatten [ˈflætn] vt (also: flatten out) → allanar (= smooth out); alisar [+ house, city]; arrasar

flatten [ˈflætn] flat vt (also: flatten out) → aplatir [+ crop]; coucher [+ house, city]; raser

flatten [ˈflætn] flat vt (also: flatten out) → (ein)ebnen;

(paper, fabric etc) → glätten;

(building, city) → dem Erdboden gleichmachen;

(crop) → zu Boden drücken;

(inf) (person) → umhauen;

to flatten o.s. against a wall/door etc flat → sich platt gegen or an eine Wand/Tür etc drücken

flatten [ˈflætn] vt (also: flatten out) → appiattire [+ house, city]; abbattere, radere al suolo