flat
adjective
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• having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.
• "he sat down on a flat rock"
Similar:
level,
horizontal,
levelled,
smooth,
even,
uniform,
consistent,
featureless,
flush,
plumb,
regular,
unvarying,
continuous,
unbroken,
plane,
• lacking emotion; dull and lifeless.
• "‘I'm sorry,’ he said, in a flat voice"
Similar:
monotonous,
toneless,
droning,
boring,
dull,
tedious,
uninteresting,
unexciting,
soporific,
bland,
vapid,
vacant,
insipid,
prosaic,
dreary,
colourless,
featureless,
jejune,
emotionless,
unfeeling,
unexcited,
unexpressive,
expressionless,
lifeless,
spiritless,
lacklustre,
dead,
deadly,
• (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.
• "she sipped some of the flat champagne"
Similar:
still,
dead,
no longer effervescent,
• (of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases.
• "a flat fare of £2.50"
Similar:
fixed,
set,
regular,
established,
unchanging,
unvarying,
invariable,
unfluctuating,
consistent,
constant,
uniform,
straight,
hard and fast,
• (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
• relating to flat racing.
• "the Flat season"
flat
adverb
• in or to a horizontal position.
• "he was lying flat on his back"
Similar:
stretched out,
outstretched,
spreadeagled,
prone,
reclining,
sprawling,
supine,
prostrate,
recumbent,
on one's back,
on one's stomach/front,
(flat) on one's face,
procumbent,
• completely; absolutely.
• "I thought you'd turn me down flat"
Similar:
outright,
directly,
absolutely,
plainly,
explicitly,
firmly,
resolutely,
adamantly,
assertively,
emphatically,
insistently,
finally,
conclusively,
completely,
utterly,
categorically,
unconditionally,
thoroughly,
definitely,
unequivocally,
unquestionably,
• below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.
• "it wasn't a question of singing flat, but of simply singing the wrong notes"
flat
noun
• the flat part of something.
• "she placed the flat of her hand over her glass"
• an upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.
• a flat tyre.
• "I've got a flat—there were nails under the wheel"
• flat racing.
• a musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.
flat
verb
• lower (a note) by a semitone.
• "when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it"
• make flat; flatten.
• "flat the loaves down"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse flatr .
flat
noun
• a set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building containing a number of such residences.
• "a block of flats"
Similar:
set of rooms,
penthouse,
home,
residence,
accommodation,
rooms,
living quarters,
quarters,
apartment,
home unit,
pad,
digs,
crib,
flat
verb
• live in or share a flat.
• "Zoë flats in Auckland"
Origin:
early 19th century (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat1.
flat out
• as fast or as hard as possible.
• "the whole team is working flat out to satisfy demand"
• without hesitation or reservation.
• "she flat out said she didn't trust her fellow board members"
Similar:
hard,
as hard as possible,
for all one's worth,
vigorously,
with a vengeance,
to the utmost,
to the full,
to the limit,
all out,
at full speed,
as fast as possible,
post-haste,
at full tilt,
at breakneck speed,
full steam ahead,
hell for leather,
hammer and tongs,
like crazy,
like mad,
like a bat out of hell,
at a lick,
like the wind,
like a bomb,
like greased lightning,
like billy-o,
like the clappers,
at a rate of knots,
• lying stretched out, especially asleep or in a state of exhaustion.
• "he lay flat out, breathing heavily"
