English-Thai Dictionary
flatten
VI กลายเป็น แผ่น แบน กลายเป็น แผ่น เรียบ smooth even klai-pen-paen-baen
flatten
VT ทำลาย ให้ ราบ (อาคาร ต้นไม้ ล้ม destroy knock down tam-lai-hai-rab
flatten
VT ทำให้ แบน ทำให้ เรียบ level compress smooth tam-hai-ban
flatten
VT ปราบ (คู่ต่อสู้ คว่ำ ล้ม defeat prostrate prab
flatten in
PHRV ดึง เข้ามา harden in round in duang-kao-ma
flatten out
PHRV ทำให้ แบน ทำให้ เรียบ tam-hai-baen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLATTEN
v.t.flat'n. 1. To make flat; to reduce to an equal or even surface; to level.
2. To beat down to the ground; to lay flat.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. To depress; to deject, as the spirits; to dispirit.
5. In music, to reduce, as sound; to render less acute or sharp.
FLATTEN
v.i.flat'n. 1. To grow or become even on the surface.
2. To become dead, stale, vapid or tasteless.
3. To become dull or spiritless.
FLATTENING
ppr. Making flat.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLATTEN
Flat "ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Flattening. ]Etym: [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. )
Defn: 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.
Defn: To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flatten
flat ten |ˈflatn ˈflætn | ▶verb 1 make or become flat or flatter: [ with obj. ] : spoon the mixture into the pan, flatten into cakes, and fry until brown | [ no obj. ] : the ground flattened out and became marshy | (as adj. flattened ) : they were dancing on the flattened grass. • [ with obj. ] press (oneself or one's body ) against a surface, typically to get away from something or to let someone pass: they flattened themselves on the pavement as a bomb came whistling down. • [ with obj. ] Music lower (a note ) in pitch by a half step. 2 [ with obj. ] raze (a building or settlement ) to the ground: the hurricane flattened thousands of homes. • informal knock someone down with power and vigor: once I'm in the ring, I know I can flatten him. • informal defeat (someone ) completely, esp. in a sports contest. PHRASAL VERBS flatten out 1 (of an increasing quantity or rate ) show a less marked rise; slow down. 2 make an aircraft fly horizontally after a dive or climb: he flattened out and made a fine three-point landing. DERIVATIVES flat ten er noun
Oxford Dictionary
flatten
flat |ten |ˈflat (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become flat or flatter: [ with obj. ] : her hair had been flattened by the storm | [ no obj. ] : after Kendal, the countryside begins to flatten out . • [ with obj. and adverbial of place ] press (oneself or one's body ) against a surface: Guy flattened himself against the wall. 2 [ with obj. ] raze (a building or settlement ) to the ground: the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb. • informal strike (someone ) so as to make them fall down: Flynn flattened him with a single punch. • informal defeat heavily in a contest: they flattened Bridgend by forty-two points to fifteen. • informal humiliate or depress (someone ): the controversy has flattened everybody here. 3 [ with obj. ] Music lower (a note ) in pitch by a semitone. PHRASAL VERBS flatten out 1 (of an increasing quantity or rate ) show a less marked rise; slow down. 2 make an aircraft fly horizontally after a dive or climb: he flattened out and made a fine three-point landing. DERIVATIVES flattener noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
flatten
flatten verb 1 Flynn flattened the crumpled paper: make flat, make even, smooth (out /off ), level (out /off ). 2 the cows flattened the grass: compress, press down, crush, squash, compact, trample; informal smoosh. 3 tornadoes can flatten buildings in seconds: demolish, raze (to the ground ), tear down, knock down, destroy, wreck, devastate, obliterate; informal total. 4 informal Griff flattened him with a single punch: knock down /over, knock to the ground, fell, prostrate; informal floor, deck.
Oxford Thesaurus
flatten
flatten verb 1 Tom flattened the crumpled paper | my stomach has flattened: make /become flat, make /become even, make /become smooth, smooth (out /off ), level (out /off ), even out; iron, steamroller. ANTONYMS roughen, make uneven. 2 he had trampled around and flattened the grass: compress, press down, crush, squash, compact; trample, tread, tramp, wear. 3 tornadoes can flatten buildings in seconds: demolish, raze, raze to the ground, level, tear down, knock down, destroy, wipe out, topple, wreck, reduce to ruins, devastate, annihilate, pulverize, obliterate, ravage, smash, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map; N. Amer. informal total; rare unbuild. 4 informal Flynn flattened him with a single punch: knock down, knock over, knock to the ground, knock off one's feet, fell, topple, prostrate; informal lay out, floor, deck, knock for six, knock into the middle of next week. 5 I flattened a drunken heckler with a couple of speedy put-downs: humiliate, crush, quash, squash, deflate, subdue, humble, cow, chasten, bring down /low, take down a peg or two, mortify; informal put down, floor, cut down to size, put someone in their place, settle someone's hash.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
flatten
flat ten /flǽt (ə )n /〖flat (平らに )en (する )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈物 〉を平らにする [伸ばす ], ぺしゃんこにする ; 〈しわなど 〉を伸ばす (out )▸ flatten oneself against the wall 壁に身を寄せる 2 〈建物 〉を倒壊させる, 〈都市 〉を (爆撃などで )破壊する .3 ｟くだけて ｠〈人 〉をこてんぱんにやっつける ; 〈事が 〉〈人 〉を打ちのめす .4 ｟くだけて ｠〈人 〉をなぐり倒す .5 〖～ out 〗〈物価など 〉を安定させる .6 〘楽 〙〈音 〉を半音下げる (｟米 ｠flat ).自動詞 1 〈物が 〉平らになる (out ); うつ伏せになる [倒れる ].2 〈飛行機が 〉水平飛行に戻る (out ).3 〈物価などが 〉安定する ; 〈率が 〉 (上昇後 )横ばいになる (out ).4 〘楽 〙半音下がる .
The Wordsmith Dictionary