Noun
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
5. a deflated pneumatic 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
Adjective
1. having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another;
2. having no depth or thickness
3. not modified or restricted by reservations;
4. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
5. lacking contrast or shading between tones
6. lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
7. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
8. lacking taste or flavor or tang;
9. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;
10. having lost effervescence;
11. not increasing as the amount taxed increases
12. not made with leavening;
13. parallel to the ground;
14. without pleats
15. lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth;
16. (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
17. not reflecting light; not glossy;
18. lacking variety in shading;
Adverb
1. at full length;
2. with flat sails;
3. below the proper pitch;
4. against a flat surface;
5. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;
6. wholly or completely;
The river slows on the flat bottom.
The worker hammered the iron flat.
When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
When I found that all my money had been stolen, I went into a flat spin.
A flat tire put my bicycle out of commision.
They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
The thief took all my money and left me flat.
The land was flat and treeless and provided no cover for the troops.
The footballer kicked at the ball but missed and fell flat on his face.
He held a sole tenancy of a flat.
He put both hands flat on the door and pushed as hard as he could.
They say the industry is flat out lying about the effects of deregulation.
Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.
Batter the steaks flat.
She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face.
I wanted to spend Sundays holed up together in our flat.
Well my toilet's all blocked up and I've got it all coming into my flat and it'll ruin my home, such as it is.
Visited Park West. Viewed a flat, no. 76. Which I like.
The explosion which followed blasted out the external supporting wall of her flat.
I couldn't sell the London flat, so I let it out to pay the mortgage.
I had the flat decorated quickly so that Philippa could move in.
For the country overall, house prices have remained flat.
He had been fired because his singing was flat.
The highway stretched out flat and straight ahead.
Officers armed with a search warrant entered the flat.
He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.
Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat.
fall flat
fail completely to produce the intended or expected effect
his jokes fell flat.
fall flat on one's face
fall over forwards
(as) flat as a pancake
flat out
as fast or as hard as possible
the whole team is working flat out to satisfy demand.
[as adj. flat-out]the album lacks the flat-out urgency of its predecessor.
(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)without hesitation or reservation; unequivocally
in those early days I'd just flat out vote against foreign aid.
[as adj. flat-out]flat-out perjury.
lying completely stretched out, especially asleep or exhausted
she was lying flat out on her pink bath towel.
on the flat
on level ground as opposed to uphill
the car wouldn't go uphill or overtake on the flat.
that's flat
(informal)used to indicate that one has reached a decision and will not be persuaded to change one's mind
he won't go into a home and that's flat.
go flatting
(Austral./NZ)leave one's family home to live in a flat
in my third year I left home and went flatting with David.
flat out
They're working flat out to finish on time.
We're flat out this week and can't fit in another single appointment.
He stands his flat-out assertions.
Richard Allen's plea of being flat-out dumb
flat on ones ass
He blew his pay pack, and he's flat on his ass.
That company's a loser.flat on its ass.
even, flat, level, smooth
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