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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flatter/ˈflatə(r)/

▶verb

1 lavish compliments on, especially in order to further one's own interests.
■ (flatter oneself) believe something favourable about oneself, typically without foundation.

2 cause to feel honoured and pleased.

3 (of clothing or a colour) enhance the appearance of.
■ give an unrealistically favourable impression of.

4 archaic please (the ear or eye).

– phrases
flatter to deceive appear promising but ultimately disappoint.

– derivatives
flatterer noun,
flattering adjective,
flatteringly adverb.

– origin ME (as flattery): from OFr. flaterie, from flater ‘stroke, flatter’, prob. of Gmc origin and rel. to flat1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flat1

▶adjective (flatter, flattest)

1 having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.
■ not sloping.

■ having a broad level surface but little height or depth: a flat box.

■ (of shoes) without high heels.

2 dull; lifeless: a flat voice.
■ showing little or no activity: sales were flat.

■ (of a photograph) lacking contrast.

3 (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.

4 Brit. (of a battery) having exhausted its charge.

5 (of something kept inflated) having lost some or all of its air.

6 (of a fee, charge, or price) unvarying; fixed: a flat rate of £250.

7 (of a negative statement) definite and firm: a flat denial.

8 (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
■ [postpos.] (of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.

■ [postpos.] (of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note.

▶adverb

1 in or to a horizontal position.
■ lying in close juxtaposition to a surface.

■ so as to become level and even.

2 informal completely; absolutely: I'm turning you down flat.

3 emphasizing the speed of an action or task: prepare a meal in ten minutes flat.

4 below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.

▶noun

1 the flat part of something.
■ (flats) shoes with a very low heel or no heel.

2 (flats) an area of low level ground, especially near water.

3 informal a flat tyre.

4 an upright section of stage scenery.

5 (the Flat) Brit. flat racing.

6 a musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.
■ the sign (♭) indicating this.

7 N. Amer. a shallow container in which seedlings are grown.

▶verb (flats, flatting, flatted)

1 (usu. as adj. flatted) N. Amer. Music lower (a note) by a semitone.

2 archaic flatten.

– phrases
fall flat fail to produce the intended effect.
flat out

1 as fast or as hard as possible.

2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. unequivocally.

3 lying down in a state of exhaustion.

– derivatives
flatly adverb,
flatness noun,
flattish adjective.

– origin ME: from ON flatr.

▶noun chiefly Brit. a set of rooms comprising an individual place of residence within a larger building. ▶verb (flats, flatting, flatted) Austral./NZ live in or share a flat.

– phrases
go flatting Austral./NZ leave one's family home to live in a flat.

– derivatives
flatlet noun.

– origin C19: alt. of obs. flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Gmc origin and rel. to flat1.

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