different between vapid vs flatten

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/

Adjective

vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
2. Lifeless, dull, or banal.
   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN

     Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.

3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific

Derived terms

• vapidity
• vapidly
• vapidness

Translations

Anagrams

• pavid

Estonian

Noun

vapid

1. nominative plural of vapp

English

Etymology

From flat +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæt?n/
• Rhymes: -æt?n

Verb

flatten (third-person singular simple present flattens, present participle flattening, simple past and past participle flattened)

1. (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.

2. (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
3. (transitive) To knock down or lay low.

4. (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.

5. (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
6. (music) To lower by a semitone.
7. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
8. (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
9. (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

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