Flank

Adjective

 * 1)  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!).

Noun

 * 1)  The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
 * 2)  A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
 * 3)  The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
 * 4) The side of something, in general senses.
 * 5) *1918,, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
 * 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.
 * 1) The outermost strip of a road.
 * 2)  The wing, one side of the pitch.

Synonyms

 * side
 * wing

Verb

 * 1)  To attack the flank(s) of something.
 * 2)  To defend the flank(s) of something.
 * 3)  To place to the side(s) of something.
 * 4) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)

Adjectives for Flank
bleeding; belathered; vertical; universal; monstrous; cavernous; bulging; heaving; towered.

Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, advance against, advance upon, advocate, bank, beam, bear down upon, blade roast, border, breast, brisket, broadside, champion, cheek, chop, chuck, chuck roast, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumvent, clod, close the circle, coast, cold cuts, come full circle, compass, counterattack, cycle, defend, describe a circle, drive, edge, encircle, encompass, filet mignon, gas, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go round, go the round, guard, guard against, gyre, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, infiltrate, jowl, knuckle, lap, laterality, launch an attack, line, loin, make a circuit, many-sidedness, march against, march upon, mount an attack, multilaterality, open an offensive, orbit, outflank, planking, plate, plate piece, pot roast, profile, protect, push, quarter, rack, revolve, rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, safeguard, screen, secure, shank, shield, shore, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, side, siding, sirloin, skirt, spiral, strike, surround, temple, tenderloin, thrust, unilaterality, wheel

Etymology
From Late flanc, from  flanc, of  origin, probably  *hlanca from  from. Akin to hlanca "loin",  lanke "hip joint" (German lenken "to bend, turn, lead"),  hlanc "loose, slender, flaccid, lank". More at lank

Pronunciation

 * {{SAMPA|/fl{Nk/}}



Noun

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Verb

 * German: in der Flanke angreifen


 * Italian: aggirare il fianco


 * Italian: proteggere il fianco


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