flattened

«flattened» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Knocked down to the ground: «the storm flattened the trees». tree →

3) (adjective) Having a flat shape: «a flattened ball». tree →

4) To flatten someone's spirits means to make them feel suddenly sad and discouraged. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says some letters are made between the teeth and tongue, and the translator admits two descriptive words are hard to understand. Later commentators have read them as describing the tongue's position. In the primary 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

• And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened. [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• She flattened the dough with a rolling pin. tree →
• The strong wind flattened the corn. tree →
• The cat flattened its ears because it was cross. tree →
• The Earth is a little flattened at the top and bottom. tree →
• We flattened the cardboard boxes for recycling. tree →
• The grass was flattened where the tent had been. tree →
• When all were safely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out, and patted his straw into shape again. tree →

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.
• The Earth is shaped like a ball, very slightly flattened at the poles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flattened» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.