- to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively: She flatters him by constantly praising his books.
- to represent favorably; gratify by falsification: The portrait flatters her.
- to show to advantage: a hairstyle that flatters the face.
- to play upon the vanity or susceptibilities of; cajole, wheedle, or beguile: They flattered him into contributing heavily to the foundation.
- to please or gratify by compliments or attentions: I was flattered by their invitation.
- to feel satisfaction with (oneself), especially with reference to an accomplishment, act, or occasion: He flattered himself that the dinner had gone well.
- to beguile with hope; encourage prematurely, falsely, etc.
- to use flattery.
- a person or thing that makes something flat.
- a flat-faced blacksmith's tool, laid on a forging and struck with a hammer to smooth the surface of the forging.
- a drawplate with a flat orifice for drawing flat metal strips, as for watch springs.
- to praise insincerely, esp in order to win favour or reward
- to show to advantage
- to make to appear more attractive, etc, than in reality
- to play upon or gratify the vanity of (a person)
- to beguile with hope; encourage, esp falsely
- to congratulate or deceive (oneself)
- a blacksmith's tool, resembling a flat-faced hammer, that is placed on forged work and struck to smooth the surface of the forging
- a die with a narrow rectangular orifice for drawing flat sections
