flat : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
  alluvial plain.
  

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• noun the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
  licorice stick.
  

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• verb lose sparkle or bouquet
  die; pall.
  
  • wine and beer can pall

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• noun an apartment without modern conveniences
  

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• noun low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
  Playlobium obtusangulum; native holly.
  

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• (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

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• noun a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones
  

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• verb fail utterly; collapse
  founder; flop; fall through.
  
  • The project foundered

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• noun an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
  straight arch.
  

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• . (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b).

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• noun a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises
  

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• noun part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone
  

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• noun a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak
  cloth cap.
  

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• cap paper, not folded. See under Paper.

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• in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots and lines made with a punching tool. Knight.

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• a sculptor's chisel for smoothing.

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• noun the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
  ground; primer coat; undercoat; priming coat; primer; priming.
  

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• noun a file with two flat surfaces
  

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• a file wider than its thickness, and of rectangular section. See File.

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Flat" foot`

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1. (Med.) A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

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• noun a square knot used in a reef line
  reef knot.
  

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• a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a flat, thin head, larger than a tack. Knight.

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• adverb in a blunt direct manner
  brusquely; bluffly; roundly; bluntly.
  
  • he spoke bluntly
  • he stated his opinion flat-out
  • he was criticized roundly
• adverb at top speed
  like blue murder.
  
  • he ran flat out to catch the bus
  • he was off down the road like blue murder

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• noun a type of video display that is thin and flat; commonly used in laptop computers
  FPD.
  

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• paper which has not been folded.

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• noun evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
  Platylobium formosum.
  
• noun European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
  Lathyrus sylvestris; narrow-leaved everlasting pea.
  

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• a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar spiked to a longitudinal sleeper.

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• (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods, for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance. Raymond.

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• a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit. Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band. Knight.

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• noun a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
  sheet.
  

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• . (Geom.) See Euclidian space.

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• the process of wood engraving. Obs.

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• (Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade.

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• noun a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw
  

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• noun a deflated pneumatic tire
  flat.
  

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• noun ironing that can be done mechanically
  flatwork.
  

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• adjective lacking a prominent belly
  bellyless.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat bottom
  flat-bottom.
  
  • a flat-bottomed boat

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• adjective satellite having a flat bottom
  flat-bottom.
  
  • a flat-bottomed boat

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Flat"-bot`tomed adjective

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1. Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

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Flat"-cap` noun

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1. A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

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• noun an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
  

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• adjective satellite with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
  
• adjective satellite unprepared and unable to react quickly
  
  • the new product caught their competitors flat-footed
• adjective satellite having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
  
  • a slow flat-footed walk
• adjective satellite without reservation
  
  • a flat-footed refusal

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Flat"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.
2. Firm-footed; determined. Slang, U.S. catch flat-footed = catch unprepared

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• adjective satellite of plants that grow relatively low to the ground
  low-growing; ground-hugging.
  

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• verb fly very close to the ground
  hedgehop.
  

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Flat"-heat`ed adjective

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1. Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

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• noun a variety of parsley having flat leaves
  Italian parsley; Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat or flattened upper surface
  flat-top.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat or flattened upper surface
  flat-top.
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• noun a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
  

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• noun an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
  

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• noun a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
  salt plain.
  

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• to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.
• (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.

  Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott. Lord Erskine.

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• to fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. Colloq.

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• noun a flat situated in the wings
  coulisse.
  

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