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Definition of Flatten
Flatten Flatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
Flatten Flatten Flat"ten, v. i.
To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid,
spiritless, or depressed below pitch.
