4 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. [1913 Webster] Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Flatting \Flat"ting\, n. 1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out. [1913 Webster] 2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster] 3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. [1913 Webster] {Flatting coat}, a coat of paint so put on as to have no gloss. {Flatting furnace}. Same as {flattening oven}, under {Flatten}. {Flatting mill}. (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints, the mill producing the ribbon from which the planchets are punched. (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes of ornamentation. [1913 Webster] 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]: flatting See {flat}
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