Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flatten
Participle: flattened
Gerund: flattening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | flatten |
| you | flatten |
| he;she;it | flattens |
| we | flatten |
| you | flatten |
| they | flatten |
Perfect
| I | have flattened |
| you | have flattened |
| he;she;it | has flattened |
| we | have flattened |
| you | have flattened |
| they | have flattened |
Past
| I | flattened |
| you | flattened |
| he;she;it | flattened |
| we | flattened |
| you | flattened |
| they | flattened |
Pluperfect
| I | had flattened |
| you | had flattened |
| he;she;it | had flattened |
| we | had flattened |
| you | had flattened |
| they | had flattened |
Future
| I | will flatten |
| you | will flatten |
| he;she;it | will flatten |
| we | will flatten |
| you | will flatten |
| they | will flatten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flattened |
| you | will have flattened |
| he;she;it | will have flattened |
| we | will have flattened |
| you | will have flattened |
| they | will have flattened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flatten |
| you | flatten |
| he;she;it | flatten |
| we | flatten |
| you | flatten |
| they | flatten |
Perfect
| I | have flattened |
| you | have flattened |
| he;she;it | have flattened |
| we | have flattened |
| you | have flattened |
| they | have flattened |
Imperfect
| I | flattened |
| you | flattened |
| he;she;it | flattened |
| we | flattened |
| you | flattened |
| they | flattened |
Pluperfect
| I | had flattened |
| you | had flattened |
| he;she;it | had flattened |
| we | had flattened |
| you | had flattened |
| they | had flattened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flatten |
| you | would flatten |
| he;she;it | would flatten |
| we | would flatten |
| you | would flatten |
| they | would flatten |
Perfect
| I | would have flattened |
| you | would have flattened |
| he;she;it | would have flattened |
| we | would have flattened |
| you | would have flattened |
| they | would have flattened |
Imperative
| you | flatten |
| we | Let's flatten |
| you | flatten |
Verbs conjugated like 'flatten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flatten'
fatten,
flatter,
platten,
batten,
blatter,
clatter,
fasten,
flatbed,
flawter,
flitter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to put to death; to extinguish life.
- annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *flataz
3. Old Norse flatrbor.
4. Middle English flat
5. English flat
6. English -en
7. English flatten
8. From flat + -en.
Sample Sentences
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As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
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Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.
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Attempting to block the police van's path, protesters periodically surrounded the vehicle and eventually flattened one of its tires. [1989 April 15, Michael Ambrosino, “Acting Up In The Northwest”, in Gay Community News, page 16:]
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With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall. [1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:]
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The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.
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Prices have flattened out.