flatten

v., -tened, -ten·ing, -tens.

v.tr.

1. To make flat or flatter.
2. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch.

v.intr.

To become flat or flatter.

flattener flat'ten·er n.

verb

1. To make even, smooth, or level: even¹, flat, level, plane², smooth, straighten. See smooth/rough.
2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell¹, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck¹. Idioms: lay low. See rise/fall.

v

Definition: level out
Antonyms: break, elevate, make uneven, raise, round

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[common] To remove structural information, esp. to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat-ASCII. “This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form.”

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre flad, afflade, slå i gulvet
v. intr. - blive flad, blive nedslået

idioms:

• flatten out    flade ud, rette maskinen op

Nederlands (Dutch)
vlak/plat maken/ worden, verslaan, neerslaan, saai maken/ worden, laten vervagen, stabiliseren (m.n. op lager niveau)

Français (French)
v. tr. - abattre, raser, laminer, aplanir, écraser, (fig) écraser (qn, une équipe), (Mus) bémoliser, (GB) décharger (une batterie de radio/de voiture)
v. intr. - s'aplatir, s'aplanir, aplanir, se redresser, se stabiliser

idioms:

• flatten out    s'aplanir, se redresser, se stabiliser, étaler bien à plat

Deutsch (German)
v. - ebnen, platt drücken, erniedrigen

idioms:

• flatten out    flacher werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ισοπεδώνω, ισιώνω, επιπεδώνω, κάνω πλακέ, πατικώνω, λιώνω, (καθομ.) κατατροπώνω

idioms:

• flatten out    ισοπεδώνω, πατικώνω, (για αεροσκάφη) οριζοντιώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
spianare, appiattire

idioms:

• flatten out    appiattire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - nivelar-se, alisar

idioms:

• flatten out    aplanar

Русский (Russian)
выравнивать, примять, сбить с ног, раздавить

idioms:

• flatten out    разглаживать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - allanar, aplanar, igualar, nivelar, achatar, apisonar, aplastar, laminar
v. intr. - aplanarse, igualarse, perder el sabor, perder el gas, enderezarse, tomar la posición horizontal

idioms:

• flatten out    colocar un avión en posición horizontal

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra plan, platta till, sänka ett halvt tonsteg (mus.), bli tråkig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弄平, 使失去光泽, 打倒, 变平坦

idioms:

• flatten out    使平坦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 弄平, 使失去光澤, 打倒
v. intr. - 變平坦

idioms:

• flatten out    使平坦

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 평평하게 하다, 쓰러뜨리다, 단조롭게 하다, (음악에서) 반음 내리다
v. intr. - 평평해지다, 맛이 없어지다, (음악에서) 반음 내리다

idioms:

• flatten out    납작하게 때려 펴다, 맥 빠지게 하다, 평평하게 고르다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 平らにする, 平らになる, つぶす, のす, 半音下げて歌う

idioms:

• flatten out    引き起こす, しょげさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسطح , يتدمر , يسوي بالأرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פחס, יישר, שיטח‬
v. intr. - ‮נפחס, התיישר‬

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