Flatten

Quick meaning: Flatten is a verb meaning (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.

Meaning

(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.

More Meanings

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
3. (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
4. (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
5. (music) To lower by a semitone.
6. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
7. (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.

Example Sentences

Prices have flattened out.

The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.

Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.

As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.

Word Forms

• flattens
• flattening
• flattened

Synonyms for flatten

Depending on context, synonyms include drop.

Antonyms for flatten

Common opposites include sharpen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drop, raze, kill, shave, stabilise, stabilize.

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