Meaning of Flank | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
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 sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
5. The side of something, in general senses.
6. Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
7. An ideological faction within a political party.
8. The outermost strip of a road.
9. The wing, one side of the pitch.
10. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

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Examples

“Holonym: side”

“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.”

“Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.”

“I took the quarter I found and hid in my right flank.”

“Ford survived a primary challenge in 1976 from the right flank of the Republican Party by Ronald Reagan.”

“The hosts also had Paul Robinson to thank for a string of saves, three of them coming against Jerome Thomas, who gave Michel Salgado a torrid time down the left flank.”

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