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BECOME FLAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does become flat mean?
• BECOME FLAT (verb)
The verb BECOME FLAT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BECOME FLAT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose sparkle or bouquet
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
wine and beer can pall
Hypernyms (to "become flat" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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