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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
flank /flæŋk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a side, esp. the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
  2. Fooda cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
  3. Militarythe extreme right or left side of a military formation:reinforced the left flank with more troops.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to stand or be placed at the flank or side of:Two policemen flanked the mayor.
  2. to pass around the flank of:flanked his opponent's army and cut them off.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
flank  (flangk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
  2. the thin piece of flesh constituting this part.
  3. a slice of meat from the flank of an animal.
  4. the side of anything, as of a building.
  5. Militarythe extreme right or left side of an army or fleet, or a subdivision of an army or fleet.
  6. [Fort.]
    • the right or left side of a work or fortification.
    • the part of a bastion that extends from the curtain to the face and protects the curtain and the opposite face. See diag. under bastion. 
  7. Mechanical Engineering[Mach.](on a screw thread or the like) either of the two vertical inclined surfaces between the crest and the root.

v.t. 
  1. to stand or be placed or posted at the flank or side of.
  2. to defend or guard at the flank.
  3. Militaryto menace or attack the flank of.
  4. to pass around or turn the flank of.

v.i. 
  1. to occupy a position at the flank or side.
  2. to present the flank or side.
  • Frankish; compare Old High German hlanca loin
  • Old French
  • bef. 1100; Middle English; late Old English flanc
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged line, edge, skirt, border.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flank / flæŋk/
  1. the side of a human or animal between the ribs and the hip
  2. a cut of beef from the flank
  3. the side of anything, such as a mountain or building
  4. the side of a naval or military formation
  1. when intr, often followed by on or upon: to be located at the side of (an object, building, etc)
  2. to position or guard on or beside the flank of (a formation, etc)
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin

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