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flank

noun

1 flank

The side of military or naval formation:
— They attacked the enemy's right flank.

synonym: wing.

Roget 236: laterality; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; cheek, jowl, jole, wing; profile; temple, parietes [Lat.], loin, ... show more

Dutch: flank
Polish: oddział boczny

2 flank

A subfigure consisting of a side of something.

3 flank

A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg.

Dutch: flank
Polish: łata

4 flank

The side between ribs and hipbone.

verb

1 flank

Be located at the sides of something or somebody.

Roget 236: be on one side etc. adv.; flank, outflank; sidle; skirt; orientate.   

Roget 664: be safe etc. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Dutch: flankeren


Moby thesaurus: Chateaubriand, advance against, advance upon, advocate, bank, beam, bear down upon, blade roast, border, breast, brisket, broadside, champion, cheek, chop, chuck, chuck roast, circle, circuit, circuiteer ... show more.

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flanked

adjective

Roget 236: lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting; flanked; sideling.    many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral.    Eastern; ... show more

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