flattens
Makes completely smooth
Flattens is the third-person singular of flatten, meaning to make or become flat.
You flatten dough with a rolling pin, flatten a box for recycling, or flatten an opponent in competition.
A storm flattens crops by pressing them to the ground.
The news flattened her hopes.
In technical contexts, flattening may mean simplifying nested structures into a single level.
Firm bilateral compression
- pressApply force downward
- compactTightly packed together
- crushCompress with force
- squashFlatten by pressure
condense · squish · steamroll · mash · tamp · pack · jam · pinch
Hole from penetration
- collapseSudden structural failure
- sagSink from weight
- deflateRelease air from
- shrivelContract from dryness
wilt · depressurize · decompress · leak · drain · empty · exhaust · deplete
Classification by rank
- bulldozeDemolish using heavy equipment
- razeDestroy completely
- demolishDestroy completely
- paveCover with hard material
clear · even out · plane · smooth over · terrace · landscape · excavate · earthwork
Element twenty-six
- pressApply force downward
- straightenMake linear or orderly
- unwrinkleRemove creases from
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
crease · wrinkle-free · mangle · calender · roll out · laminate · sleek · slick
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
squash · condense · squish · steamroll · mash · tamp · pack · jam · pinch · clench
puncture
Hole from penetration
shrivel · wilt · depressurize · decompress · leak · drain · empty · exhaust · deplete · blow out
grade
Classification by rank
pave · clear · even out · plane · smooth over · terrace · landscape · excavate · earthwork · steamroller
iron
Element twenty-six
- pressApply force downward
- straightenMake linear or orderly
- unwrinkleRemove creases from
steam · crease · wrinkle-free · mangle · calender · roll out · laminate · sleek · slick · glossy
crush
Compress with force
trounce · rout · devastate · annihilate · conquer · vanquish · decimate · overpower · dominate · wallop
reduce
Make smaller in degree
suppress · dull · mute · subdue · minimize · lessen · weaken · undermine · squelch · quash
- lays outarranges, organizes, displays, spreads, presents
- oversimplificationgeneralizes, stereotypes, reduces, reductive, essentializes
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- flatten outMake smooth and even
- flattened outMade level throughout
- flatter oneselfHold inflated self-opinion
- flattening outMaking uniformly level
- flattening the curveSpreading outbreak's burden temporally
flatten, flatter, flattering, flattened, flattening, flatters, flatteners, flattener, unflattened