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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:

1. become flat or flatterplay

  Familiarity information: FLATTEN OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLATTEN OUT (verb)


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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