flatten

Verb

Verb Forms: flattened, flattening, flattens

To make or become flat or level.
make flat or flatter
- "flatten a road"
- "flatten your stomach with these exercises"
become flat or flatter
- "The landscape flattened"
lower the pitch of (musical notes)
To make something flat or flatter.
To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
To knock down or lay low.
To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
To be knocked down or laid low.
To lower by a semitone.
To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

Examples

As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
He managed to FLATTEN his opponent’s lead with a perfectly placed ’QUIZZED’.
Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.
Prices have flattened out.
The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.

Origin / Etymology

From flat + -en.

Synonyms

drop, flatten out

Antonyms

sharpen

Scrabble Score: 10

flatten: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flatten: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flatten: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

flatten: valid Words With Friends Word