flatten

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flatten (third-person singular simple present flattens, present participle flattening, simple past and past participle flattened)

  1. (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
    As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
    Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.
  2. (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
    • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus, ch. 2:
      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.
  3. (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
    The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.
  4. (intransitive) To become flat or flatter.
  5. (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
  6. (music) To lower by a semitone.

Translations[edit]

to make something flat
to knock down or lay low
to become flat
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