flatten
/ˈflæ.tən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.98 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
verb
To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch."
- "Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels."
- "Attempting to block the police van's path, protesters periodically surrounded the vehicle and eventually flattened one of its tires."
- "With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall."
- "The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger."
- "Prices have flattened out."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat English -en English flatten From flat + -en.