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flank

flank (third-person singular simple present flanks, present participle flanking, simple past and past participle flanked)

1. (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of something.
2. (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of something.
3. (transitive) To place to the side(s) of something.
4. To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)

flank (plural flanks)

1. (anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
2. (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
3. (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
4. 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.

5. The outermost strip of a road.
6. (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
   • 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, BBC:

     The hosts also had Paul Robinson to thank for a string of saves, three of them coming against Jerome Thomas, who gave Michel Salgado a torrid time down the left flank.

flank (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Maximum (of speed). 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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