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flat·ten

flatten

 
 
pronunciation:
flae tn
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part of speech: verb
inflections: flattens, flattening, flattened
definition: If you flatten something, you make it flat. When something is flattened, it gets pushed down and then it doesn't stick up anywhere.
We flattened all the empty cardboard boxes we had and brought them to the recycling center.Abby flattened the ball of pie dough with the rolling pin and then spread it out evenly.A large tree fell down and flattened the fence.
similar words:
crush, level, roll
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