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1. (n.) flank
the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
2. flank
the thin piece of flesh constituting this part.
3. flank
a cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
4. flank
the side of anything.
5. flank
the extreme right or left side of an army or fleet.
6. flank
the part of a bastion that extends from the curtain to the face.
7. (v.t.) flank
to stand or be placed or posted at the flank or side of.
8. flank
to defend or guard at the flank.
9. flank
to menace or attack the flank of.
10. flank
to pass around or turn the flank of.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME; late OE flanc < OF < Frankish)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) flank, wing
the side of military or naval formation
"they attacked the enemy's right flank"
2. (noun) flank
a subfigure consisting of a side of something
3. (noun) flank
a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
4. (verb) flank
the side between ribs and hipbone
5. (verb) flank
be located at the sides of something or somebody
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) flank
the fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef
2. (noun) flank
the side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side
3. (noun) flank
that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet
4. (noun) flank
the side of any building
5. (noun) flank
that part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line
6. (verb) flank
to stand at the flank or side of; to border upon
7. (verb) flank
to overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of
8. (verb) flank
to border; to touch
9. (verb) flank
to be posted on the side
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Sense: the side of anything especially an animal's body or an army
the horse's flank; They marched around the enemy's flank.
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 Afrikaans: flank |
 Arabic: خاصِرَه، جانِب |
 Bulgarian: хълбок |
 Brazilian: flanco |
 Czech: bok |
 German: die Flanke |
 Danish: flanke |
 Greek: πλευρό |
 Spanish: costado; flanco |
 Estonian: külg, tiib |
 Farsi: پهلو؛ جناح |
 Finnish: kylki |
 French: flanc |
 Hebrew: צַד |
 Hindi: बगल जानवर के, मकान का किन |
 Croatian: bok, krilo |
 Hungarian: lágyék; (oldal)szárny |
 Indonesian: samping |
 Icelandic: síða; hlið |
 Italian: fianco |
 Japanese: 横腹 |
 Korean: 옆구리, 대퇴부의 바깥쪽, (소 등의) 옆구리 |
 Lithuanian: šonas, sparnas, flangas |
 Latvian: sāns; mala; flangs |
 Malay: sisi |
 Dutch: flank |
 Norwegian: flanke, side |
 Polish: bok |
 Persian: پهلو؛ جناح |
 Pashto: اړخ،ورون،خوا، جناح |
 Portuguese: flanco |
 Romanian: flanc, parte |
 Russian: бок; фланг |
 Slovak: bok |
 Slovenian: bok |
 Serbian: bok |
 Swedish: flank, flygel, sida |
 Thai: สีข้าง; ด้านข้าง |
 Turkish: yan |
 Taiwanese: 側翼 |
 Ukrainian: бік; сторона |
 Urdu: پہلو |
 Vietnamese: sừờn; hông; cánh |
 Chinese: 侧翼 |
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