"flatten" in the verb sense
1. flatten
make flat or flatter
"flatten a road"
"flatten your stomach with these exercises"
2. flatten, flatten out
become flat or flatter
"The landscape flattened"
3. flatten, drop
lower the pitch of (musical notes)
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