flatten
/ˈflætn/verb
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समतल करना, चपटा करना
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[I, T] ~ (sth) (out)
to become or make something flat or flatter
समतल करना, चपटा करना
- Flatten the dough with a rolling pin.
- She flattened the crumpled note and put it back in her wallet.
- The road roller flattened the hot tar.
+ 2 more examples
- Flatten the paper before you fold it into a boat.
- The mountain path flattens out near the top.
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[T] ~ sth
to destroy or knock down a building, tree completely
ढहा देना, धराशायी करना
- The cyclone flattened many huts.
- The earthquake flattened several buildings in the old part of the town.
- Strong winds flattened the standing wheat in the fields.
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- The old factory was flattened to make room for a park.
- Floods flattened whole rows of houses along the river.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
flatten sth (transitive)
Flatten means to make something flat or flatter by pressing, rolling or hammering it.
'Flatten' का अर्थ दबाकर, बेलकर या पीटकर किसी चीज़ को समतल या अधिक समतल करना है।
- Radhika flattened the dough with a rolling pin.
- He flattened the cardboard box before throwing it away.
flatten (intransitive)
Without an object, flatten means to become flat; it is common for land, curves and graphs.
Object के बिना 'flatten' का अर्थ समतल हो जाना है; यह भूमि, वक्र और graph के लिए आम है।
- The road flattens out after the last hill.
- The curve of new cases began to flatten.
flatten sth = destroy completely
In news writing, flatten means to knock a building, crop or village to the ground, usually by a storm, bomb or earthquake.
समाचारों में 'flatten' का अर्थ किसी भवन, फ़सल या गाँव को आँधी, बम या भूकंप से पूरी तरह गिरा देना है।
- The cyclone flattened hundreds of huts along the coast.
flatten sb (informal)
Informally, flatten can mean to knock someone down or defeat them heavily.
अनौपचारिक रूप में 'flatten' का अर्थ किसी को ज़मीन पर गिरा देना या बुरी तरह हराना भी है।
- Our team flattened the visitors by ten wickets.
flatten oneself (against sth)
Flatten yourself against something means to press your body close to it, usually to hide or let others pass.
'Flatten yourself against something' का अर्थ शरीर को किसी चीज़ से सटाकर खड़ा होना है, प्रायः छिपने या दूसरों को निकलने देने के लिए।
- She flattened herself against the wall as the bus passed.
+Collocations 4
flatten + noun (object)
doughboxpapergrasstinmetal
- The children flattened the grass by rolling on it.
flatten + noun (destroy)
buildingcropvillageforesthouse
- The storm flattened the banana crop.
adverb + flatten
completelygraduallyslowlyquicklyalmost
- The hills gradually flatten into a wide plain.
flatten + particle
outdownagainstinto
- Flatten the sheet out on the table.
“More examples 5
- The earthquake flattened several old houses in the town.
भूकंप ने शहर के कई पुराने मकान ढहा दिए।
- Use a heavy book to flatten the pressed flowers.
दबाए हुए फूलों को चपटा करने के लिए भारी किताब का उपयोग कीजिए।
- The ground flattens as you approach the river.
नदी के पास पहुँचते ही ज़मीन समतल होती जाती है।
- Heavy rain flattened the wheat in the fields.
भारी बारिश ने खेतों में गेहूँ की फ़सल बिछा दी।
- Sales flattened after the festival season ended.
त्योहारों का मौसम खत्म होने के बाद बिक्री स्थिर हो गई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He flattened the dough by a rolling pin.
✓ He flattened the dough with a rolling pin.
The instrument is introduced by with, not by.
प्रयुक्त साधन 'with' से बताया जाता है, 'by' से नहीं।
✗ The road is flatten near the river.
✓ The road is flat near the river.
After is, the adjective flat describes the state; flatten is a verb.
'is' के बाद स्थिति बताने के लिए adjective 'flat' आता है; 'flatten' क्रिया है।
✗ The storm was flattened the village.
✓ The storm flattened the village.
An active sentence takes only the main verb; was is not added.
Active वाक्य में केवल मुख्य क्रिया आती है; was नहीं जोड़ा जाता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
flat·ten
?Which word?
Keep the -en verbs from adjectives: flatten (flat), sharpen (sharp), widen (wide), shorten (short), brighten (bright), soften (soft).
Adjectives से बने -en verbs याद रखिए: flatten (flat), sharpen (sharp), widen (wide), shorten (short), brighten (bright), soften (soft)।
Keep the destroy-completely words together: flatten, raze (completely destroy a city or building: 'raze to the ground'), demolish, level, bulldoze.
पूरी तरह नष्ट करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: flatten, raze (शहर या भवन पूरी तरह नष्ट करना: 'raze to the ground', धराशायी करना), demolish, level, bulldoze।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Flatten the curve (slow down the spread of a disease, used during COVID-19).
Collocation 'flatten the curve' (रोग का फैलाव धीमा करना, COVID-19 के दौरान प्रयुक्त)।