Word Study
flatten
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane. [1913 Webster]
- To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit. [1913 Webster]
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale. [1913 Webster]
- To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch. [1913 Webster]
flatten, v. i.
To become or grow flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flatten, v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become flat.
2 tr. colloq. a humiliate. b knock down.
1 tr. & intr. make or become flat.
2 tr. colloq. a humiliate. b knock down.
Idiom
flatten out bring an aircraft parallel to the ground.
Derivative
flattener n.
THESAURUS
flatten
align, assimilate to, balance, beat down, bend, blow down, break, break down, bring down, bulldoze, burn down, cast down, chop down, conquer, crush, cut down, dab, damp, demolish, disentangle, down, drag, dress, dub, equalize, equilibrize, even, extend, fell, floor, flush, grade, grease, ground, harmonize, harrow, homogenize, humble, knock, knock down, knock out, knock over, lay, lay down, lay flat, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, lubricate, make uniform, master, mow, mow down, normalize, oil, override, plane, planish, plaster, press out, prostrate, pull down, put down, put straight, quell, rase, raze, rectify, reduce, regularize, regulate, ride down, roll, roll flat, set straight, shave, sit up, smash, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smoothen, stabilize, stand up, standardize, steamroll, steamroller, stereotype, straighten, straighten out, straighten up, subdue, subjugate, suppress, symmetrize, take down, tear down, throw down, trample down, trample underfoot, tread underfoot, unbend, uncurl, uniformize, unkink, unsnarl, vanquishROGET THESAURUS
flatten
Horizontality
VB be horizontal, lie, recline, couch, lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate, sprawl, loll, sit down, render horizontal, lay down, lay out, level, flatten, prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.Flatness
VB render flat, flatten, level.For further exploring for "flatten" in Webster Dictionary Online