hammering out — flattening out with a hammer (i.e. metal); working out, devising … English contemporary dictionary
flatten off/out — UK US flatten off/out Phrasal Verb with flatten({{}}/ˈflætən/ verb [I or T] ► to stop rising or falling, and stay at the same level: »If the housing market continues to flatten out or even decline, we re in for some tough times.… … Financial and business terms
flatten out — UK US flatten off/out Phrasal Verb with flatten({{}}/ˈflætən/ verb [I or T] ► to stop rising or falling, and stay at the same level: »If the housing market continues to flatten out or even decline, we re in for some tough times.… … Financial and business terms
flatten out — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flatten out : present tense I/you/we/they flatten out he/she/it flattens out present participle flattening out past tense flattened out past participle flattened out 1) same as flatten 1) The… … English dictionary
stretching out — flattening, extending, spreading out … English contemporary dictionary
spreading out — flattening, extending, outstretching … English contemporary dictionary
Head flattening — Head flattening, also called head binding, head shaping or head moulding, is the application of pressure or bindingsto cranial bones (the human skull) to alter their shapes. Flat shapes, elongated ones (produced by binding between two pieces of… … Wikipedia
To put one's nose out of joint — Nose Nose (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n[ o]s, Sw. n[ a]sa, Dan. n[ a]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos , L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. [root]261. Cf. {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
iron out — to kill Not from iron1 but from the flattening of the victim. Occasionally as iron off … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Oil depletion — per major producing country. This model assumes world oil depletion remains constant at the 2004 level of 80 million barrels per day.[1] However, world oil depletion is currently (as of 2008) at 85 million barrels per day … Wikipedia
