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flank  (flngk)

n.

1. The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.

2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.

3. A lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain.

4.

a. The right or left side of a military formation: an attack on both flanks.

b. The right or left side of a bastion.

tr.v. flanked, flank·ing, flanks

1. To protect or guard the flank of.

2. To menace or attack the flank of.

3. To be placed or situated at the flank or side of: Two stone lions flanked the entrance.

4. To put (something) on each side of: flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.

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[Middle English, from Old English flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin.]

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flank

Noun

1. the side of a man or animal between the ribs and the hip

2. a cut of beef from the flank

3. the side of a naval or military formation

Verb

to be positioned at the side of (a person or thing) [Old French flanc]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flank - the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank" wing armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
	2.	flank - a subfigure consisting of a side of something subfigure - a figure that is a part of another figure hypotenuse - the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
	3.	flank - a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle flank steak - a cut of beef from the flank of the animal
	4.	flank - the side between ribs and hipbone quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
Verb	1.	flank - be located at the sides of something or somebody lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

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flank

noun 1. side, quarter, hip, thigh, loin, haunch, ham

noun 2. wing, side, sector, aspect

verb 3. border, line, wall, screen, edge, circle, bound, skirt, fringe, book-end

Translations

flank [flæŋk] n → flanco; [of person] → costado

vt → flanquear

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flank [flæŋk] n → flanc m

vt → flanquer

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flank [flæŋk] n → Flanke f

vt → flankieren

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flank [flæŋk] n → fianco