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FLATTEN OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flatten out mean?
• FLATTEN OUT (verb)
The verb FLATTEN OUT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FLATTEN OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become flat or flatter
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
flatten; flatten out
Context example:
The landscape flattened
Hypernyms (to "flatten out" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flatten out"):
splat (flatten on impact)
press (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
His eyelids drooped and went shut, and his whole body seemed to relax and flatten out upon the floor.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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