flank

verb flanks · flanking · flanked · flanck

1. transitive To attack the flank(s) of.
2. transitive To defend the flank(s) of.
3. transitive To place to the side(s) of. Stately colonnades are flank'd with trees.
4. intransitive To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

Similar: straddle

noun flanks · flanck

1. The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip. Holonym: side

   Similar: latus

2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
3. The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

   Similar: wing

4. The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
5. The side of something, in general senses. 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.

   Similar: side

6. Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants. I took the quarter and hid it in my right flank.
7. An ideological faction within a political party. Ford survived a primary challenge in 1976 from the right flank of the Republican Party by Ronald Reagan.
8. The outermost strip of a road.
9. The wing, one side of the pitch. 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.
10. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

adjective flanck

1. US, not comparable, of speed Maximum. 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!