1 the side of sth such as a building or mountain:
The sun lit up the western flank of the hill.
2 the left or right side of an army during a battle, or a sports team during a game:
Our orders were to attack their left flank. * Their centre made a dash down the right flank.
3 the side of an animal between the RIBS and the hip:
She patted the horse's flank.
verb [VN]
1 (be flanked by sb/sth) to have sb/sth on one or both sides:
She left the courtroom flanked by armed guards.
2 to be placed on one or both sides of sth:
They drove through the flat cotton fields that flanked Highway 17.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for flank is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is flank a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, flank is tagged as noun.
Does flank appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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