"flatten" meaning in All languages combined

See flatten on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflætən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flatten.wav [UK] Forms: flatten [canonical], flattens [third-person, singular], flattened [past], flattened [past, participle], flattening [present, participle]
Etymology: flat + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|flat|en}} flat + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you flatten something, then you make it flat or smooth.
    Sense id: simple-flatten-en-verb-nVgVUccn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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