- flat⇄adj. 1. smooth and level; even.
Ex. flat land. This floor is flat.
(SYN) plane.
2. leveled with the ground; horizontal; at full length; overthrown.
Ex. The storm left the trees flat on the ground.
(SYN) prone, supine. < - flat⇄adv. flatly.
- flat⇄adv. 1. in or into a flat position; horizontally.
Ex. He fell flat on the floor.
2. (Music.) below the true pitch.
Ex. He was singing very flat.
3. (Figurative.) in a flat manner; positively; absolutely.
Ex. flat broke. - flat⇄expr. fall flat, to fail completely; have no effect or interest.
Ex. His attempts at clowning fell flat. - flat⇄expr. flat out, at maximum speed or effort.
Ex. Then in 1954 came the decision that Britain must go flat out in the making of the hydrogen bomb (New Scientist). - flat⇄expr. flats, a pair of women's shoes without built-up heels.
- flat⇄expr. that's flat, I mean it.
Ex. I'll not march through Coventry with them, that's flat (Shakespeare). - flat⇄flat (1), adjective, flatter,flattest,noun, adverb, verb, flatted,flatting.
- flat⇄flat (2), noun.
an apartment or set of rooms on one floor. - flat⇄noun flatness.
- flat⇄noun 1. something flat.
2. a flat surface.
Ex. with the flat of the sword. The palm of an open hand is the flat.
3. (Informal.) a tire with little air in it.
Ex. On examining the flat, Riar discovered a slash in the tread (Atlan - flat⇄v.i. 1. to become gradually flat or level.
Ex. The bank flatted off for the last ten miles (Thoreau).
2. (Music.) to sound below the true pitch.
3a. to sink down; subside (out).
Ex. The great surge of numbers rolls up noisily an - flat⇄v.t. 1. to make flat; flatten.
Ex. Suppose that the earth was flatted near the poles (Thomas G. Fessenden).
2. (Music.) to lower (a note), especially by one half step.
3. to draw in (a sail) nearly to the line of the keel.