flank
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /flæŋk/
flank (flanks, present participle flanking; past and past participle flanked)
- (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
- (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
- (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
- Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.
- (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
- German: in der Flanke angreifen
- Italian: aggirare il fianco
- Portuguese: flanquear
- Italian: proteggere il fianco
- Portuguese: flanquear
- German: flankieren
- Italian: fiancheggiare
- Italian: affiancare
- Portuguese: ladear, flanquear
flank (plural flanks)
- (anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
- (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
- Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
- The outermost strip of a road.
- (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
- That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
flank (not comparable)
- (US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
- All ahead flank!
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