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- Dictionaryflatten/ˈflatn/
verb
- 1. make or become flat or flatter: "her hair had been flattened by the storm" Similar Opposite
- 2. raze (a building or settlement) to the ground: "the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb" Similar
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Flatten means to become level or cause something to become level, or to make something thinner or stop it from changing. Learn how to use flatten in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
to make the rate of change slower for something that might...
- Znaczenie Flatten, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
FLATTEN definicja: 1. to become level or cause something to...
- Flatten: Arabic Translation
flatten translate: يَسطّح. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Flatten: Italian Translation
flatten translate: abbattere, spianare, appiattirsi,...
- Flatten: Korean Translation
flatten translate: 납작해지다, 납작하게하다. Learn more in the...
- Flatten: Catalan Translation
flatten translate: aplanar(-se), allisar. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
to make the rate of change slower for something that might be shown as a line on a graph, especially to make the increase in the rate of infections slower when a disease is spreading: These public health measures are designed to flatten the curve in the spread of the disease. See more. Fewer examples.
Learn the meaning and usage of the verb flatten, which can mean to make or become flat, to knock down or crush, or to lower the pitch of a note. Find synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and sentences with flatten.
The meaning of FLATTEN is to make flat. How to use flatten in a sentence. to make flat: such as; to make level or smooth; to knock down; also : to defeat decisively…
to knock down or injure; prostrate. to crush or subdue. failure will flatten his self-esteem. tr music to lower the pitch of (a note) by one chromatic semitone Usual US wordflat. intrfoll byout to manoeuvre an aircraft into horizontal flight, esp after a dive. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈflattener, noun. Discover More. Other Words From.
When you flatten something, you crush it or level it out. If the recycling bin is getting full, you should probably flatten all those cans you're adding to it. You might flatten the batter in a cake pan before baking it, or flatten the grass along a path through a field.
to manage the rate or quantity of something so that it does not increase too much within a short period of time. These measures are intended to flatten the curve of new infections in order to reduce the load on hospitals. Phrasal Verbs. flatten out.
