flattened out
Pressed completely flat
Flattened out describes something that has become level, smooth, or horizontal after being raised, curved, or uneven.
A road flattens out after a steep climb.
Economic growth flattens out when it stops rising and levels off.
The terrain finally flattened out as we approached the coast.
The phrase emphasizes the process or result of becoming flat rather than being flat originally.
- smoothedMade surface uniform
- straightenedMade free of bends
- ironedSmoothed with heat
- ironed outEliminated problems or disagreements
- evenedMade the same
pressed · planed · unfurled · level · leveled off · squared · rolled · rolled out · pancaked · compressed · hammered · tamped · plateaued · compacted · deflated · spread thin · streamlined · squashed
flattened outraised
Lifted higher up
elevated · lifted · protuberant · bulging · protruding
flattened outpuffed up
Inflated or conceited
inflated · plumped up · rounded out · filled out · swollen
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