Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 34

Flat (n.) (Mus.) A character [[flat]] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

Flat (n.) (Geom.) A homaloid space or extension.

Flatted (imp. & p. p.) of Flat

Flatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flat

Flat (v. t.) To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. -- Barrow.

Flat (v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. -- Sir W. Temple.

Flat (v. i.) (Mus.) To fall form the pitch.

To flat out, To fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. [Colloq.]

Flat (adv.) With flat sails; "sail flat against the wind".

Flat (adv.) In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly].

Flat (a.) Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane].

Flat (a.) Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors".

Flat (a.) Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional].

Flat (a.) Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat, prostrate].

Flat (a.) Lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant: contrasty].

Flat (a.) (Of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" [ant: natural, sharp].

Flat (a.) Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: compressed, flat].

Flat (a.) Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid].

Flat (a.) Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat].

Flat (a.) Having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola".

Flat (a.) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous].

Flat (a.) Horizontally level; "a flat roof".

Flat (a.) Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting" [syn: two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, flat].

Flat (a.) Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted].

Flat (a.) Commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market".

Flat (n.) A level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah".

Flat (n.) A shallow box in which seedlings are started.

Flat (n.) A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named.

Flat (n.) Freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn: flatcar, flatbed, flat].

Flat (n.) A deflated pneumatic tire [syn: flat, flat tire].

Flat (n.) Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting.

Flat (n.) A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house [syn: apartment, flat].

Flat (a.) [Common] Lacking any complex internal structure. ?That bitty box has only a flat filesystem, not a hierarchical one.? The verb form is flatten.

Flat (a.) Said of a memory architecture (like that of the VAX or 680x0) that is one big linear address space (typically with each possible value of a processor register corresponding to a unique core address), as opposed to a segmented architecture (like that of the 80x86) in which addresses are composed from a base-register/ offset pair (segmented designs are generally considered cretinous).

Note that sense 1 (at least with respect to filesystems) is usually used pejoratively, while sense 2 is a Good Thing.

Flat, () Lacking any complex internal structure. "That bitty box has only a flat file system, not a hierarchical one." The verb form is flatten. Usually used pejoratively (at least with respect to file systems).

Flat, () Said of a memory architecture like that of the VAX or Motorola 680x0 that is one big linear address space (typically with each possible value of a processor register corresponding to a unique address). This is a Good Thing. The opposite is a "{segmented" architecture like that of the Intel 80x86 in which addresses are composed from a base-register/ offset pair. Segmented designs are generally considered cretinous.

Flat, () A flat domain is one where all elements except bottom are incomparable (equally well defined). E.g. the integers. [{Jargon File]

Flat, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska

Population (2000): 4

Housing Units (2000): 3

Land area (2000): 161.068896 sq. miles (417.166508 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 161.068896 sq. miles (417.166508 sq. km)

FIPS code: 25880

Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02

Location: 62.454135 N, 158.008284 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Flat, AK

Flat

Flat (a.) (Flatter, flattest) (Level) (B1) 水準的；平坦的 Level and smooth, with no curved, high, or hollow parts.

// An ice rink needs to be completely flat.

// Roll out the pastry on a flat surface.

// Much of the countryside in that region is very flat.

Flat (a.) (Not high) (B1) 扁平的 Level but having little or no height.

// Flat shoes (= ones without a raised heel).

Flat (a.) (Not high) （麵包）未發酵的 Flat bread is made without yeast, and therefore does not rise.

// Pitta and nan are two types of flat bread.

Flat cap/ hat (UK) 低頂帽 A hat that is not rounded on top and has little height.

Flat (a.) (Not active) 不積極的；不感興趣的；缺乏熱情的 Not interesting, or without emotion or excitement.

// After the excitement of the party, life seems somewhat flat now.

// I thought her performance a little flat.

// I think the colours in this painting are kind of flat (= not varied or bright).

Flat (a.) (Drink) (C2) （飲品）走了氣的 If a drink is flat, it has stopped being fizzy (= with bubbles).

// If you don't put the top back on that bottle of beer, it will go flat.

Compare:

Still adjective

Flat (a.) (Complete) [ Before noun ] 徹底的；肯定的；斷然的 Complete or certain, and not likely to change.

// His request for time off work was met with a flat refusal.

// The official has issued a flat denial of the accusations against her.

Flat (a.) (Without air) (B2) （輪胎或球）洩了氣的，撒了氣的 If something such as a tyre or ball is flat, it does not contain enough air.

// I got a flat tyre (= the air went out of it) after driving over a nail.

Flat (a.) (Fixed) [ Before noun ] (Especially of an amount of money) （尤指錢數）固定的，不變的 Fixed and not likely to change.

// We charge a flat fee/rate of $25 per hour.

Idiom:

And that's flat!

Be (as) flat as a pancake.

Flat (n.) (Home) (A1) [ C ] (UK) (US apartment) 公寓；單元房 A set of rooms for living in that are part of a larger building and are usually all on one floor.

// A furnished/ unfurnished flat.

// A block of flats.

// They have a house in the country and a flat in Manchester.

See also:

Stony broke.

Three minutes, half an hour, etc.

Flat (Informal) 剛好三分鐘／半小時等 Exactly three minutes, half an hour, etc.

// We managed to get to the station in five minutes flat.

Flat out (Informal) 全速；全力以赴 As fast or as hard as possible.

// My car only does about 60 mph, even when it's going flat out.

// We've been working flat out to get this done.

Flatbill (n.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

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

Flat-cap (n.) 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.

Flatfish (n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.

Flat foot () 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.

Flat-footed (a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

Flat-footed (a.) Firm-footed; determined.

Flathead (a.) Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

Flathead (n.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

Flatiron (n.) An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

Flative (a.) Producing wind; flatulent.

Flating (a.) With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.

Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Flatly (adv.) In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively, plainly.

Flatmate (n.) [ C ] 合住一套公寓者；同公寓房客 A person who shares an apartment with another person.

Flatness (n.) The quality or state of being flat.

Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.

Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

Flatness (n.) Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.

Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

Flatour (n.) A flatterer.

Flattened (imp. & p. p.) of Flatten

Flattening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flatten

Flatten (v. t.) To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.

Flatten (v. t.) To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.

Flatten (v. t.) To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

Flatten (v. t.) (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.

To flatten a sail (Naut.), To set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel.

Flattening oven, In glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.

Flatten (v. i.) To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

Flatten (v.) Make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises".

Flatten (v.) Become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [syn: flatten, flatten out].

Flatten (v.) Lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen].

Flatten (v. t.) [Common] To remove structural information, esp. to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat-ASCII. ?This code flattens an expression wi parentheses into an equivalent canonical form.?

Flatten, () To remove structural information, especially to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat ASCII. "This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form." [{Jargon File]

Flatter (n.) One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

Flatter (n.) (Metal Working) A flat-faced fulling hammer.

Flatter (n.) (Metal Working) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

Flattered (imp. & p. p.) of Flatter

Flattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flatter

Flatter (v. t.) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.

When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. -- Shak.

A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. -- Prov. xxix. 5.

Others he flattered by asking their advice. -- Prescott.

Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

Flatter (v. i.) To use flattery or insincere praise.

If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. -- Milton.

Flatter (v.) Praise somewhat dishonestly [syn: flatter, blandish] [ant: belittle, disparage, pick at].

Flatterer (n.) One who flatters.

The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. -- Addison.

Flatterer (n.) A person who uses flattery [syn: flatterer, adulator].

Flattering (a.) That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.

Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. -- Shak.

A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought be, not as they are. -- Goldsmith.

Flattering (a.) Showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color" [ant: uncomplimentary, unflattering].

Flatteringly (adv.) With flattery.

Flatteries (n. pl. ) of Flattery

Flattery (n.) 諂媚；奉承 [U]；阿諛之辭；諂媚的舉動 [C] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. -- Rambler.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. -- Burke.

Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.

Flattery (n.) Excessive or insincere praise.

Flatting (n.) The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out.

Flatting (n.) A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. -- Gwilt.

Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. -- Knolles.

Flatting (n.) The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls.

Flatting coat, A coat of paint so put on as to have no gloss.

Flatting furnace. Same as flattening oven, under Flatten.

Flatting mill. A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints, the mill producing the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.

Flatting mill. A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes of ornamentation.

Flattish (a.) Somewhat flat. -- Woodward. flat-top

Flatulence (n.) Alt. of Flatlency

Flatlency (n.) The state or quality of being flatulent.

Flatulence (n.) A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas].

Flatulence (n.) Pompously embellished language [syn: turgidity, turgidness, flatulence].

Flatulent (a.) Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

Flatulent (a.) Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.

Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. -- Arbuthnot.

Flatulent (a.) Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. -- Quincy.

Flatulent (a.) Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.

He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. -- Dryden.

Flatulent (a.) Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal.

Flatulent (a.) Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: colicky, flatulent, gassy].

Flatulently (adv.) In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.

Flatuosity (n.) Flatulence. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Flatuous (a.) Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Flatuses (n. pl. ) of Flatus

Flatus (n. pl. ) of Flatus

Flatus (n.) A breath; a puff of wind. -- Clarke.

Flatus (n.) Gas generated in the stomach, intestine, or other cavities of the body. -- Quincy.

Flatus (n.) A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind].

Flatware (n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

Flatware (n.) Eating utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons, considered collectively.

Syn: silver.

Flatware (n.) Tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece.

Flatware (n.) Silverware eating utensils [syn: flatware, silver].

Flatwise (a. or adv.) With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

Flatworm (n.) (Zool.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

Flatworm (n.) Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body [syn: flatworm, platyhelminth].

Flaundrish (a.) Flemish. [Obs.]

Flaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Flaunt

Flaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flaunt

Flaunt (v. i.) To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. -- Arbuthnot.

One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. -- Pope.

Flaunt (v. t.) To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. "If you've got it, flaunt it."

Flaunt (n.) Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]

In these my borrowed flaunts. -- Shak.

Flaunt (n.) The act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt".

Flaunt (v.) Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank].

Flauntingly (adv.) In a flaunting way.

Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.

Flautist (n.) Someone who plays the flute [syn: flutist, flautist, flute player].

Flauto (n.) [It.] A flute.

Flauto piccolo [It., little flute], An octave flute.

Flauto traverso [It., transverse flute], The German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old fl[^u]te [`a] bec, with a mouth piece at the end.

Flavaniline (n.) (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

Flavescent (a.) Turning yellow; yellowish.

Flavicomous (a.) Having yellow hair. [R.]

Flavin (n.) (Chem.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

Flavin (n.) A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin.

Flavine (n.) (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

Flavol (n.) (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

Flavor (n.) 味，味道 [C] [U]；韻味，風味 [S]；香料，調味料 [U] [C] That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

Flavor (n.) That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

Flavor (n.) That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

Flavor (n.) That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

Flavored (imp. & p. p.) of Flavor

Flavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flavor

Flavor (v. t.) 給……調味 [（+with）]；給……增添風趣 [（+with）] To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Flavor (n.) The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell].

Flavor (n.) The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang].

Flavor (n.) (Physics) The six kinds of quarks [syn: flavor, flavour].

Flavor (v.) Lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" [syn: season, flavor, flavour].

Flavor (n.) [Common] Variety, type, kind. ?DDT commands come in two flavors.? ?These lights come in two flavors, big red ones and small green ones.? ?Linux is a flavor of Unix? See vanilla.

Flavor (n.) The attribute that causes something to be flavorful. Usually used in the phrase ?yields additional flavor?. ?This convention yields additional flavor by allowing one to print text either right-side-up or upside-down.? See vanilla. This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of, e.g., protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom) and three colors (red, blue, green) ? however, hackish use of flavor at MIT predated QCD.

Flavor (n.) The term for class (in the object-oriented sense) in the LISP Machine Flavors system. Though the Flavors design has been superseded (notably by the Common LISP CLOS facility), the term flavor is still used as a general synonym for class by some LISP hackers.

Flavored (a.) Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.

Flavorless (a.) Without flavor; tasteless. Opposite of flavorful.

Syn: bland, flat, flavourless, insipid, savorless.

Flavorous (a.) 有味道的；風趣的 Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid. -- Dryden.

Flavorous (a.) Full of flavor [syn: flavorful, flavourful, flavorous, flavourous, flavorsome, flavoursome, sapid, saporous].

Flavorous (a.) [Dated] Having a pleasant or pungent flavor.

Flavous (a.) Yellow. [Obs.]

Flaw (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

This heart

Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. -- Shak.

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