Definitions for flank

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flank flank

Spelling: [flangk]

IPA: /flæŋk/

Flank is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in flank (afkln).

Definitions for flank

noun

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. Military, Navy. the extreme right or left side of an army or fleet, or a subdivision of an army or fleet.
6. Fortification. 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.
7. Machinery. (on a screw thread or the like) either of the two vertical inclined surfaces between the crest and the root.

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

1. to occupy a position at the flank or side.
2. to present the flank or side.

Origin of flank

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English flanc Old French Frankish; compare Old High German hlanca loin

Examples for flank

The main feature of this salad is flank steak, rubbed with garlic and grilled over a hot fire to create a perfectly seared crust.

And again at Stone River, when the Johnnies surprised us and took us in flank.

There were no party leaders to flank him and no signs of celebration.

With his speech, Netanyahu put President Obama in the middle of the regional conflict, with Ahmadinejad on the other flank.

Hereupon he clapped his hand to the horse's flank and off went nag and rider.

Why don't they defend it on the flank also, even with arrows?

Chip carefully brushed a fly off Polly's flank with the whip.

The troopers in gray were unable to flank them or drive them back.

For all his bulk, the Viceroy wheeled on his flank, raised his weapon.

He struck the horse over the flank with the loose end of the halter rein.