Associations to the word «Flatten»

Wiktionary

FLATTEN, verb. (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
FLATTEN, verb. (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.
FLATTEN, verb. (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
FLATTEN, verb. (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
FLATTEN, verb. (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
FLATTEN, verb. (music) To lower by a semitone.
FLATTEN, verb. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
FLATTEN, verb. (computer graphics) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

Dictionary definition

FLATTEN, verb. Make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises".
FLATTEN, verb. Become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened".
FLATTEN, verb. Lower the pitch of (musical notes).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley