flank

1. n. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef. Source: opted

2. n. The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. Source: opted

3. n. That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. Source: opted

4. n. The side of any building. Source: opted

5. n. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. Source: opted

6. v. t. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Source: opted

7. v. t. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of. Source: opted

8. v. i. To border; to touch. Source: opted

9. v. i. To be posted on the side. Source: opted

10. n. the side of military or naval formation Source: wordnet

11. n. a subfigure consisting of a side of something Source: wordnet

12. n. a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg Source: wordnet

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