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flatten

Pronunciation: /ˈflæ.tən/

The English word “flatten” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make something flat or flatter.
  2. To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
  3. To knock down or lay low.
  4. To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
  5. To be knocked down or laid low.
  6. To lower by a semitone.
  7. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
  8. To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
  9. To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

Etymology

From flat + -en.

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