Definitions for flatters

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flatters flat·ter

Spelling: [flat-er]

IPA: /ˈflæt ər/

Flatters is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in flatters (aeflrstt).

Definitions for flatters

noun

1. a person or thing that makes something flat.
2. a flat-faced blacksmith's tool, laid on a forging and struck with a hammer to smooth the surface of the forging.
3. a drawplate with a flat orifice for drawing flat metal strips, as for watch springs.
4. something flat.
5. a shoe, especially a woman's shoe, with a flat heel or no heel.
6. a flat surface, side, or part of anything:
7. flat or level ground; a flat area:
8. a marsh, shoal, or shallow.
9. Music. (in musical notation) the character ♭, which when attached to a note or to a staff degree lowers its significance one chromatic half step. a tone one chromatic half step below another: (on keyboard instruments, with reference to any given note) the key next below or to the left.
10. Theater. a piece of scenery consisting of a wooden frame, usually rectangular, covered with lightweight board or fabric.
11. a broad, thin book, chiefly for children:
12. Informal. a deflated automobile tire.
13. (in postal use) a large flat package, as in a manila envelope, for mailing.
14. Architecture. a flat roof or deck.
15. Nautical. Also called platform. a partial deck between two full decks. a low, flat barge or lighter.
16. Shipbuilding. a broad, flat piece of iron or steel for overlapping and joining two plates at their edges. a straight timber in a frame or other assembly of generally curved timbers.
17. an iron or steel bar of rectangular cross section.
18. Textiles. one of a series of laths covered with card clothing, used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding.
19. Photography. one or more negatives or positives in position to be reproduced.
20. Printing. a device for holding a negative or positive flat for reproduction by photoengraving.
21. Horticulture. a shallow, lidless box or tray used for rooting seeds and cuttings and for growing young plants.
22. a similar box used for shipping and selling fruits and vegetables.
23. Football. the area of the field immediately inside of or outside of an offensive end, close behind or at the line of scrimmage.
24. flats, Informal. flat races between horses. Compare flat race.

Idioms

1. fall flat, to fail to produce the desired effect; fail completely:
2. flat aft, Nautical. trimmed so that fore-and-aft sails present as flat a surface as possible, as in sailing close to the wind.
3. flat on one's back. back1 (def 47).
4. flat out, Informal. without hesitation; directly or openly: at full speed or with maximum effort.

adverb

1. in a flat position; horizontally; levelly.
2. in a flat manner; positively; absolutely.
3. completely; utterly:
4. exactly; precisely:
5. Music. below the true pitch:
6. Finance. without interest.

adjective

1. horizontally level:
2. level, even, or without unevenness of surface, as land or tabletops.
3. having a surface that is without marked projections or depressions:
4. lying horizontally and at full length, as a person; prostrate:
5. lying wholly on or against something:
6. thrown down, laid low, or level with the ground, as fallen trees or buildings.
7. having a generally level shape or appearance; not deep or thick:
8. (of the heel of a shoe) low and broad.
9. spread out, as an unrolled map or the open hand.
10. deflated; collapsed:
11. absolute, downright, or positive; without qualification:
12. without modification or variation:
13. Informal. lacking money; broke.
14. without vitality or animation; lifeless; dull:
15. having lost its flavor, sharpness, or life, as wine or food; stale.
16. (of a beverage) having lost its effervescence.
17. without flavor; not spiced:
18. prosaic, banal, or insipid:
19. pointless, as a remark or joke.
20. commercially inactive:
21. (of a painting) not having the illusion of volume or depth.
22. (of a photograph or painting) lacking contrast or gradations of tone or color.
23. (of paint) without gloss; not shiny; mat.
24. not clear, sharp, or ringing, as sound or a voice.
25. lacking resonance and variation in pitch; monotonous:
26. Music. (of a tone) lowered a half step in pitch: below an intended pitch, as a note; too low (opposed to sharp).
27. Grammar. derived without change in form, as English to brush from the noun brush and adverbs that do not add -ly to the adjective form as fast, cheap, and slow.
28. Phonetics. lenis; voiced.
29. Nautical. cut with little or no fullness. trimmed as nearly fore-and-aft as possible, for sailing to windward.
30. flat a, the a -sound (a) of glad, bat, or act.

Verb phrases

1. flat in, Nautical. to pull the clew of (a fore-and-aft sail) as nearly amidships as possible. Also, flatten in.

verb (used with object)

1. to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
2. to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively:
3. to represent favorably; gratify by falsification:
4. to show to advantage:
5. to play upon the vanity or susceptibilities of; cajole, wheedle, or beguile:
6. to please or gratify by compliments or attentions:
7. to feel satisfaction with (oneself), especially with reference to an accomplishment, act, or occasion:
8. to beguile with hope; encourage prematurely, falsely, etc.
9. to make flat.
10. Music. to lower (a pitch), especially one half step.

verb (used without object)

1. to use flattery.
2. to become flat.

Origin of flatters

1175-1225; Middle English flat(t)eren to float, flutter, fawn upon, Old English floterian to float, flutter; for sense development, cf. flicker¹, Old No

Examples for flatters

I believe it's to flatter me you say this, for that song is my writing.

His speech was not eloquent, nor did it flatter the Leopard Woman, but it was to the point.

Very well; she might flatter herself that she had for a mother a most famous hussy.

Americans may flatter themselves that they are governed more lightly than other advanced countries.

My suggestion to conservative writers: candidates for high office are already surrounded by people paid to flatter them.

Book three will have to contend with postmodern times—the end of history, and the birth of a greyer, flatter world.

I do not give you all this account, my good Sir, to flatter you.

Does R—— flatter himself that his power over my heart is omnipotent?

It goes without saying that the media landscape will be flatter.

In recent years, Wall Street investors have managed to flatter themselves with talk of being “job creators” and “risk takers.”