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flatten
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[ verb ] make flat or flatter
Examples "flatten a road", "flatten your stomach with these exercises" Used in print ("National Affairs"...)The slugs flattened ten tires and silenced one of the inboard engines ; the plane slowed to a halt . (Newark Evening News...)Some of the stumps are as much_as three feet long , but most_of them have been flattened by the pressure of the overlying sediments . (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)Mickey tried to flatten against the banister , gripped it with one hand , but Roberts ' full weight struck him at that moment in the groin . |
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[ verb ] become flat or flatter
Synonyms Examples "The landscape flattened" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The process of flattening seemed inexorable , and it became necessary to emphasize the surface still further in_order to prevent it from fusing with the illusion . Related terms |
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