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 →

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

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 →
• 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.