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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flat \Flat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Flatting}.]
     1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.
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     2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.


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              Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
                                                    --Barrow.
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     3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to
        lower in pitch by half a tone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flat
       adj 1: having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or
              lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level
              farmland"; "a plane surface" [syn: {level}, {plane}]
       2: having no depth or thickness
       3: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
          denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: {categoric}, {categorical},
           {unconditional}]
       4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
          "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: {prostrate}]
       5: lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant: {contrasty}]
       6: lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" [ant: {natural},
           {sharp}]
       7: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain
          leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: {compressed}]
       8: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
          hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
          beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: {bland}, {flavorless}, {flavourless},
           {insipid}, {savorless}, {savourless}, {vapid}]
       9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
          little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: {bland}]
       10: having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
       11: not increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn: {fixed}]
       12: not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from
           unleavened dough" [syn: {unraised}]
       13: parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
       14: without pleats [syn: {unpleated}]
       15: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an
           illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional
           characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting" [syn: {two-dimensional}]
       16: (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
       17: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
           photograph with a matte finish" [syn: {mat}, {matt}, {matte},
            {matted}]
       18: lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
       n 1: a level tract of land
       2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started
       3: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the
          note named
       4: freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn: {flatcar},
           {flatbed}]
       5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn: {flat tire}]
       6: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted
          canvas; part of a stage setting
       7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
          [syn: {apartment}]
       adv 1: at full length; "he fell flat on his face"
       2: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
       3: below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
       4: against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
       5: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't
          answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat
          for less work and more pay" [syn: {directly}, {straight}]
          [ant: {indirectly}]
       6: wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"
       [also: {flatting}, {flatted}, {flattest}, {flatter}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flatted
       See {flat}

















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