flatters
verb
- 1
To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- 2
To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
- 3
To portray someone to advantage.
“Her portrait flatters her.”
- 4
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
noun
- 1
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
- 2
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
- 3
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
- 4
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
noun
- 1
Someone who lives in a rented flat.
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