flatter: 意味と定義

To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.

To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering” ( George Bernard Shaw).

To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject.

To show off becomingly or advantageously.

To practice flattery.

A flat-faced swage or hammer used by blacksmiths.

A die plate for flattening metal into strips, as in the manufacture of watch springs.