adjective Download 🔗Share Having no variations in height. Examples : "The land around here is flat." appearance quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (voice) Without variations in pitch. Examples : "The teacher's voice was flat, without any ups or downs in pitch. " sound music phonetics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks. Examples : "That girl is completely flat on both sides." appearance body sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (note) Lowered by one semitone. Examples : "The pianist played a B-flat, the flatter note, instead of a B natural. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. Examples : "Your A string is too flat." music sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture. Examples : "The bike tire was completely flat, so I couldn't ride it to school. " vehicle technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Uninteresting. Examples : "The party was a bit flat." character style quality attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. Examples : ""The open soda left out overnight was now flatter than dishwater." " food drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Lacking acidity without being sweet. Examples : "The lemonade was flat, lacking any noticeable tartness, but it wasn't sweet either. " food drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead. Examples : "The remote control is useless; the battery is flatter than a pancake. " electronics energy technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a throw) Without spin; spinless. Examples : "The baseball soared through the air with a flatter trajectory than usual, showing almost no curve. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring. Examples : "The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting." character condition mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Absolute; downright; peremptory. Examples : "His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results." language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant Examples : "The "m" in "mother" is a flatter consonant than the "p" in "paper." " phonetics language sound linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to". Examples : "The teacher used the word "happy" as a flat adverb in her lesson, explaining its use without any additional suffixes. " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft. Examples : "The flatter lie angle of my new wedge helps me get under the ball more easily from tight lies. " sport technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends. Examples : "The tomato variety we chose produces fruit that is quite flatter, almost like a slightly squashed ball. " fruit appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional. Examples : "The new student's character sketch in the play was rather flat, lacking any real depth or motivation. " literature writing character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Fixed; unvarying. Examples : "a flat fare on public transport" quality appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour. Examples : "The student tried to flatter the teacher by praising her excellent lesson plan, hoping to get a better grade. " communication attitude human character society action moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enhance someone's vanity by praising them. Examples : ""He tried to flatter his boss by saying she was the best manager he'd ever had, hoping to get a raise." " character human communication attitude mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To portray someone to advantage. Examples : "Her portrait flatters her." appearance style character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope. Examples : "The salesman flattered the customer with promises of a great deal, hoping to make the sale. " communication attitude character emotion human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of set tool used by blacksmiths. Examples : "The blacksmith used a special flatter to shape the metal. " utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flat-faced fulling hammer. Examples : "The cloth felt smoother and denser after a worker used the flatter on it in the textile mill. " technical machine industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener. Examples : "The new paper-folding machine is a great flatter for making perfect origami cranes. " person job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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