| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Flank.[Websters]
2. To be ridged, ledgered, browed, lobed or groined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have lipped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have faced, cheeked or pointed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be margined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be welted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have sloped, coasted, shouldered or slanted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be limbed, armed or membered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have banked or shored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be kerbed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flank.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flank) | 1. Be located at the sides of something or somebody.[Wordnet]. 2. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.[Websters]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. To border; to touch.[Websters]. 5. To be posted on the side.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: flanking, flanked, flanks, flanker, flankers, flankingly and flankedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLANKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLANKED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Attacked on the side; covered or commanded on the flank.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past and past participle of to flank. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: flank
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Flank attack | (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank company | (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank defense | (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank en potence | (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank files | The first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank march | A march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank movement | A change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank patrol | Detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flank steak | A cut of beef from the flank of the animal. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Flank steak | The flank steak is a beef steak cut from the belly muscles of the cow. Long and flat, the flank steak's best known application is London Broil — a misnomer, as the dish did not originate in London at all. The popularity of London broil has driven up the price of flank steak over the past few decades, but it is still one of the most affordable steaks on the market. It is substantially tougher than the loin and rib steaks, and so many recipes using it marinate the steak, or use moist cooking methods such as braising. (references) | ||
| Oblique flank | (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Open flank | (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the orillon. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Retired flank | (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: flank
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Flank groin(beef and horse) | Biology & Biotechnology | The joint next above the hock and near the flank in the hind leg of various quadrupeds (as horses and dogs). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Flank guard | Military | (DOD, NATO) A security element operating to the flank of a moving or stationary force to protect it from enemy ground observation, direct fire, and surprise attack. (references) | |
| Flank hole | Mining | A. A hole bored ahead of a working place, when approaching old workings b. A borehole to detect water, gas, or other danger, driven from the side of an underground excavation in a line not parallel with the centerline of the excavation. Also called flank bore; flanking hole. (references) | |
| Flank Pain | Health | Pain emanating from below the ribs and above the ilium. (references) | |
| Forward Flank Downdraft | Weather | The main region of downdraft in the forward, or leading, part of a supercell, where most of the heavy precipitation is. Compare with rear flank downdraft. See pseudo-warm front, and Fig. 7, supercell. (references) | |
| Minor flank | Mechanical Engineering | The surface on a twist drill point which extends behind the tip to the following flute (UK). Surface between margin and heel of twist drill (USA). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Rear Flank Downdraft | Weather | A region of dry air subsiding on the back side of, and wrapping around, a mesocyclone. It often is visible as a clear slot wrapping around the wall cloud. Scattered large precipitation particles (rain and hail) at the interface between the clear slot and wall cloud may show up on radar as a hook or pendant; thus the presence of a hook or pendant may indicate the presence of an RFD. See Fig. 7, supercell. (or RFD). (references) | |
| Tooth flank | Mechanical Engineering | The side of a gear tooth. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: flank | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Flank opening | 85 | Flank | 2 | |
| Rear flank downdraft | 10 | Flank gland | 3 | |
| Flank steak | 5 | Flank opening | 85 | |
| Flank gland | 3 | Flank speed | 3 | |
| Flank speed | 3 | Flank steak | 5 | |
| Hilly flank | 3 | Hilly flank | 3 | |
| Flank | 2 | Rear flank downdraft | 10 | |
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