Sekirov Dictionary

flat

/ˈflæt/

adjective30

  1. even, with no parts that are higher or lower than the rest
  2. In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
  3. Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
  4. (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
  5. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
  6. Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
  7. At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
  8. Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
  9. Without variations in pitch.
  10. Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
  11. Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
  12. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
  13. Unable to emit power; dead.
  14. With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
  15. Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
  16. Lowered by one semitone.
  17. (figurative) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
  18. Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
  19. Exact.
  20. Having little froth and little milk.
  21. Without spin; spinless.
  22. Lacking acidity without being sweet.
  23. Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
  24. Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
  25. Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
  26. Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
  27. Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
  28. Flattening at the ends.
  29. (old-fashioned) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
  30. (slang, no longer used) Foolish; simple-minded.

noun34

  1. (UK, Australia) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
  2. (informal) A flat tyre/flat tire.
  3. [in the plural] A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
  4. [in the plural] A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
  5. A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
  6. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
  7. Level ground in general.
  8. Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
  9. The most prominent flat part of something.
  10. The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
  11. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
  12. A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
  13. A wide, shallow container or pallet.
  14. A 24-case of beer.
  15. A flat sheet for use on a bed.
  16. (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
  17. A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
  18. (US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
  19. A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
  20. A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
  21. A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
  22. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
  23. The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
  24. (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
  25. (Australia) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
  26. Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
  27. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
  28. Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
  29. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
  30. A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
  31. A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
  32. (slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
  33. A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
  34. (no longer used) A dull fellow; a simpleton.

adverb9

  1. So as to be flat.
  2. Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
  3. Completely.
  4. Directly; flatly.
  5. Exactly; precisely.
  6. Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
  7. Flat out (at top speed).
  8. Without allowance for accrued interest.
  9. Without parole.

verb9

  1. To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
  2. (old-fashioned) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
  3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
  4. (informal) To fall from the pitch.
  5. (slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
  6. (old-fashioned) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
    • Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. — 1678
  7. To dash or throw
  8. To dash, rush
  9. (no longer used) To beat or strike; pound
forms

flatted · flatting · flats · flatter · more flat · flattest · most flat

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