"flatten out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-flatten out.ogg Forms: flattens out [present, singular, third-person], flattening out [participle, present], flattened out [participle, past], flattened out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flatten out (third-person singular simple present flattens out, present participle flattening out, simple past and past participle flattened out)
  1. To make flat (something rough, folded or bumpy). Translations (to make something flat): takapapa (Maori), tūhāngai (Maori), сглаживать (sglaživatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flatten_out-en-verb-uaiwkyxo Disambiguation of 'to make something flat': 100 0 0
  2. (idiomatic, of a hierarchy or inequal distribution) To become more even. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-flatten_out-en-verb-3ZBZGHhJ
  3. (slang) To win a fight, usually by punching someone until they are knocked over Tags: slang Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-flatten_out-en-verb-ejCWkSFW Disambiguation of Violence: 24 13 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 73 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 24 7 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 11 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 5 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 4 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 9 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 9 67

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to make something flat",
      "word": "takapapa"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to make something flat",
      "word": "tūhāngai"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sglaživatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something flat",
      "word": "сглаживать"
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