a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"
thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a deflated pneumatic tire
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
lacking contrast or shading between tones
horizontally level; "a flat roof"
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
(of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases
having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"