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FLATTEN

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flatten verb A. tranzitiv

1. a turti, a lăţi, a aplatiza; a întinde; a netezi, a nivela.

2. (fig.) a mâhni adânc, a copleşi; a deprima, a descuraja.

3. a coborî (vocea, tonul etc.).

4. (arte) a da o culoare mată (cu dat.).

5. a plictisi, a face searbăd, a lua savoarea (cu gen).

6. (muz.) a bemoliza.

7. to flatten out / down a) a turti, a aplatiza; b) (metal.) a lamina; c) (fig.) a da gata (pe cineva), a doborî, a pune la punct.

flatten verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se turti, a se aplatiza; a se netezi.

2. (despre vânt) a se linişti, a se domoli.

3. (despre bere, vin) a se răsufla, a deveni stătut.

4. (fig.) a-şi pierde avântul, a lâncezi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on the table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the sound of his voice, Wolf's ears had flattened down, then his mouth had opened in a laugh.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Here I sit at the desk again, watching his eye—humbly watching his eye, as he rules a ciphering-book for another victim whose hands have just been flattened by that identical ruler, and who is trying to wipe the sting out with a pocket-handkerchief.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee, I took a good look at the man and endeavoured, after the fashion of my companion, to read the indications which might be presented by his dress or appearance.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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