flank
[noun]
Synonyms:
- side, hip, loin, thigh
- wing, side

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I. flank¹ /flæŋk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Old French; Origin: flanc]

1. the side of an animal’s or person’s body, between the ribs and the hip

2. the side of an army in a battle, or a sports team when playing:
We were attacked on our left flank.

3. the side of a hill, mountain, or very large building

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II. flank² verb [transitive]
to be on both sides of someone or something:
Lewis entered flanked by two bodyguards.
mountains flanking the road

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flank
noun
ADJ. left, right | north, northern, etc. | lower the lower flanks of Vesuvius
mountain
VERB + FLANK attack They decided to attack their enemy's southern flank.
defend, protect | expose West Ham exposed the right flank of Norwich's defence (= showed that it could be attacked easily).
FLANK + NOUN attack
PREP. along a/the ~ along the eastern flank of Greenland
down the ~ a beautiful pass down the right flank
on a/the ~ The army was attacked on the left flank.

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