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Definition of Flank
1. Noun. The side of military or naval formation. "They attacked the enemy's right flank"
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Formation
2. Verb. Be located at the sides of something or somebody.
3. Noun. A subfigure consisting of a side of something.
4. Noun. A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg.
5. Noun. The side between ribs and hipbone.
Definition of Flank
1. n. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
2. v. t. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
3. v. i. To border; to touch.
Definition of Flank
1. Adjective. (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!''). ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side. ¹
3. Noun. (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. ¹
4. Noun. (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc. ¹
5. Noun. The side of something, in general senses. ¹
6. Noun. The outermost strip of a road. ¹
7. Noun. (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of something. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of something. ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To place to the side(s) of something. ¹
11. Verb. To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flank
1. to be located at the side of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Flank
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flank
Literary usage of Flank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"The regiment upon the right, the Nineteenth Georgia, was quickly thrown into
position to meet any demonstration upon the flank, and ordered to advance about ..."
2. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"No rules can be given for the strength of a flank detachment, as this depends on
circumstances to a_ greater extent than in cases of advance and rear guards ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"His interview with •—^—^ Marshal St Arnaud took place in the presence of the
direction, Marshal's Chief of the Staff and of General Bizot, the the'flank" ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"We were not more than a hundred yards from his right flank, where he had a battery
of artillery firing at the troops ou our right. ..."
5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"Simultaneous tracings of throat ami flank during the " throat " respirations (Fig.
... The upper tracing is from the flank ; ascents in it represent flank ..."
6. The Conduct of War: A Short Treatise on Its Most Important Branches and by Colmar Goltz, George Francis Leverson (1908)
""We therefore introduce here at this early stage a few words on flank marches,
although they might equally well come into the province of the defensive when ..."
7. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"The Lutsk salient was ironed out on the north; the rear and flank of Kaledin was
assured against a new thrust from the north. In point of fact, ..."
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