Flank - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|flæŋk|
Brit.
|flæŋk|
noun
- the side of military or naval formation (syn: wing)
- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side between ribs and hipbone
they attacked the enemy's right flank
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side between ribs and hipbone
verb
- be located at the sides of something or somebody
Extra examples
She gently patted the horse's flank.
They attacked the enemy on both flanks.
...the tackles flank the center on a football team's offensive line...
High mountains flanked us on either side.
The second division flanks on the main body of soldiers.
We were attacked on our left flank.
Lewis entered flanked by two bodyguards.
...a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church...
The battalion will have to wheel to the flank.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: flank
he/she/it: flanks
present participle: flanking
past tense: flanked
past participle: flanked
I/you/we/they: flank
he/she/it: flanks
present participle: flanking
past tense: flanked
past participle: flanked
noun
singular: flank
plural: flanks
singular: flank
plural: flanks
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