flatten 音标拼音: [fl'ætən]
vt . 弄平,打倒,使失去光泽;
vi . 变单调,变平
弄平,打倒,使失去光泽;变单调,变平
flatten v 1 :
make flat or flatter ; "
flatten a road "; "
flatten your stomach with these exercises "
2 :
become flat or flatter ; "
The landscape flattened " [
synonym :
{
flatten }, {
flatten out }]
3 :
lower the pitch of (
musical notes ) [
synonym : {
flatten }, {
drop }]
[
ant : {
sharpen }]
Flatten \
Flat "
ten \,
v .
i .
To become or grow flat ,
even ,
depressed ,
dull ,
vapid ,
spiritless ,
or depressed below pitch .
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Flatten \
Flat "
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Flattened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Flattening }.] [
From {
Flat },
a .]
1 .
To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness ;
to make flat ;
to level ;
to make plane .
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2 .
To throw down ;
to bring to the ground ;
to prostrate ;
hence ,
to depress ;
to deject ;
to dispirit .
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3 .
To make vapid or insipid ;
to render stale .
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4 . (
Mus .)
To lower the pitch of ;
to cause to sound less sharp ;
to let fall from the pitch .
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{
To flatten a sail } (
Naut .),
to set it more nearly fore -
and -
aft of the vessel .
{
Flattening oven },
in glass making ,
a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass .
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108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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 ,
vanquish
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