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# flattened

«flattened» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past of «flatten»: flatten, flattens, flattened, flattening); adjective (flattened)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or squashing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#m1)

2) Knocked down to the ground: «the storm flattened the trees». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#m2)

3) (adjective) Having a flat shape: «a flattened ball». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#m3)

4) To flatten someone's spirits means to make them feel suddenly sad and discouraged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a flattened shape can show pressure or force; the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles. In cooking, dough is flattened with a rolling pin. In stories, storms and giants flatten things. Phrases: «flattened out», «flattened by», «flattened grass».

### examples

- She flattened the dough with a rolling pin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x1)
- The strong wind flattened the corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x2)
- The cat flattened its ears because it was cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x3)
- The Earth is a little flattened at the top and bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x4)
- We flattened the cardboard boxes for recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x5)
- The grass was flattened where the tent had been. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x6)
- When all were safely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out, and patted his straw into shape again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/#x7)

### note

Past form of «flatten» (flat + -en). Note the double «t». A cat or dog with flattened ears is scared or angry — keep away.

### In the corpora

- [Ears turned back or flattened mean a cat is scared or angry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/23-understanding-cats/11/)
- [The Earth is shaped like a ball, very slightly flattened at the poles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flattened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flattened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.