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FLATTEN OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become flat or flatter

Example:

The landscape flattened

Synonyms:

flatten; flatten out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "flatten out" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flatten out"):

splat (flatten on impact)

press (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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