flatten

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Gradually the countryside started to flatten, the houses had whitewashed or painted walls rather than the ubiquitous British brick and the trees started to appear in heavier leaf than across the ditch.

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  1. transitive verb To make flat or flatter.
  2. transitive verb To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch.
  3. intransitive verb To become flat or flatter.

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  • It only takes a session or two to dry out and flatten, at which point it usually becomes an excellent batting surface. —  ta tvnz national headlines auto group
  • The restructuring will "flatten" the Office of Science organization by removing a layer of management between the Director and the Site Managers at the 10 Office of Science National Laboratories, and provide a set of integrated roles, responsibilities, authorities, and accountabilities encompassing the headquarters organization, nine laboratory site offices, and the Oak Ridge and Chicago Offices. —  U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
  • Avaya is banking future success on a new concept it is promoting for call centers known as flatten, consolidate, extend. —  Business News Americas - Top Stories
  • Painting goes online to flatten, change color and die. —  Art Fag City
  • And what we find is that as steel prices begin to flatten or come down a little bit, that we'll see some stabilization in our Coating and our Components Group, and we'll see improvement in the Buildings Group as their backlog catches up with the pricing.
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from flat + -en (c).
  2. Irreg. from flat + -en.
 

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/ˈflætn/
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