flatten
1. make flat or flatter (Freq. 6) - flatten a road - flatten your stomach with these exercises • Hypernyms: shape, form • Hyponyms: steamroll, steamroller, splat, roll out, roll, laminate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. become flat or flatter (Freq. 1) - The landscape flattened • Syn: flatten out • Hypernyms: change shape, change form, deform • Hyponyms: splat, press • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. lower the pitch of (musical notes) • Syn: drop • Ant: sharpen • Topics: music • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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