FLAT
- not shiny
- trimmed so that fore-and-aft sails present as flat a surface as possible, as in sailing close to the wind
- level
- horizontal
- not thick
- absolute
- lacking flavor or effervescence
- a. lowered a half tone in pitch b. below an intended pitch
- something flat
- flat surface
- sign indicating that a note is lowered a half tone
- to fail to produce the desired effect; fail completely
- to pull the clew of (a fore-and-aft sail) as nearly amidships as possible
- without hesitation; directly or openly
- at full speed or with maximum effort
- having a smooth or even surface [adj FLATTER, FLATTEST] / to flatten (to make or become flat) [v FLATS, FLATTED, FLATTING]
- lying at full length or spread out upon the ground prostrate
- sting with a surface against something
- ing or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions a flat EEG
- ranged or laid out so as to be level or even
- early unmistakable a flat denial
- ad 3c discharged
- de so as to give little or no spin to the ball
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- ee from gloss a flat paint
- o-dimensional 3 flat characters
- to flatten (to make flat) [v FLATTED, FLATTING, FLATS] / having a smooth level surface [adj FLATTER, FLATTEST]