verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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This time around, the computerisation curve has flattened out , so the electronics industry has been hit as hard as any.
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But then the show flattened out .
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Why did one time and three space dimensions flatten out , while the other dimensions remain tightly curled.
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Then it flattens out and turns brown.
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My hands needed to stay still, with my wrists twisting up and down after each stroke to flatten out the oars.
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Underneath, I had flattened out a nest among the tall grass that stretched along the bank.
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He fell, landing heavily on his butt, then flattening out on to his back.
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Approach closer, and the wall flattens out -- a little.
slightly
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Turn dough a few times and form into ball. Flatten slightly into disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
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The ventral ones are slightly flattened and very rugose; the dorsal ones appear smooth or finely rugose.
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If anything, sharks are already slightly flattened from back to belly.
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Place well apart on baking sheets and flatten slightly .
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These larger spines are slightly flattened and on proximal joints may have blunt tips.
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Ventral arm spins may be slightly flattened and in some the arm spine may be curved.
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Roll another ball of icing, flatten slightly , cut in half and position for the feet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Flatten the cardboard boxes and stack them in the corner.
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He fell against me so heavily I thought he was going to flatten me.
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Her little car was completely flattened in the accident.
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More than 10,000 houses were flattened by the quake.
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Place the balls of cookie dough on a baking sheet, and flatten each one with your hand.
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Roll the dough into a ball and then flatten it with a rolling pin.
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She said that the crash-helmet would flatten her hair-do.
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Shut up or I'll flatten you!
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The hills flatten out near the coast.
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The Packers flattened the Saints 42-6.
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The wind and rain had flattened the crops.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am now about as tall as a flattened cricket.
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Lara more or less flattens it.
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Nearly every building within twenty-five kilometers of ground zero is flattened.
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Sleep had flattened one side of her Afro and a curl had broken free above her forehead.