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 differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
Blaise Pascal