FLANK
\flˈaŋk], \flˈaŋk], \f_l_ˈa_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of FLANK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the side between ribs and hipbone
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a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
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a subfigure consisting of a side of something
By Princeton University
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the side between ribs and hipbone
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a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
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a subfigure consisting of a side of something
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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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.
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The side of any building.
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
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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.
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To border; to touch.
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To be posted on the side.
By Oddity Software
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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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.
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The side of any building.
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
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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.
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To border; to touch.
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To be posted on the side.
By Noah Webster.
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The fleshy part of an animal between the ribs and hip; the side of an army, regiment, or building; that part of a fortification constructed to defend another.
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To attack or turn the flank or side of (an army); guard on the flank; to border or touch.
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Pertaining to, or cut from, the flank.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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To border.
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The side of an animal from the ribs to the thigh; the side of anything, esp. of an army or fleet.
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To attack or pass round the side of.
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To be posted on the side; to touch.
By Daniel Lyons
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To border.
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To turn, guard, or threaten the flank (of).
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Pertaining to the flank or side.
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The part of an animal's side between the ribs and the hip.
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The side of anything, as of an army.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Side of the body from the ribs to the hip; side of an army or fleet.
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To attack or pass round the side of; be at the side of.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal or a man, between the lower end of the ribs and the hip. [Fr]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French, Italian, German] The fleshy part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip;—the side of an army, or of any division of an army; the extreme right or left;—that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the opposite face;—the side of any building.
