flatten
verb/ˈflætn/
/ˈflætn/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flatten | /ˈflætn/ /ˈflætn/ |
| he / she / it flattens | /ˈflætnz/ /ˈflætnz/ |
| past simple flattened | /ˈflætnd/ /ˈflætnd/ |
| past participle flattened | /ˈflætnd/ /ˈflætnd/ |
| -ing form flattening | /ˈflætnɪŋ/ /ˈflætnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become flat or flatter; to make something flat or flatter
- The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking.
- flatten something These exercises will help to flatten your stomach.
- He flattened his hair down with gel.
- The bird is recognizable by its flattened beak.
- Roll the dough into balls and flatten slightly.
- [transitive] flatten something to destroy or knock down a building, tree, etc.
- Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion.
- The hurricane flattened thousands of homes.
- [transitive] to press something/your body against somebody/something
- flatten something against somebody/something She flattened her nose against the window and looked in.
- flatten yourself against somebody/something Greg flattened himself against the wall to let me pass.
- [transitive] flatten somebody (informal) to defeat somebody easily in a competition, an argument, etc. synonym smash, thrash
- Our team was flattened this evening!
- [transitive] flatten somebody (informal) to hit somebody very hard so that they fall down
- He flattened the intruder with a single punch.
- I'll flatten you if you do that again!
Idioms
See flatten in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee flatten in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishflatten the curve
- 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.
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