flank

n.

1. The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.
2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
3. A lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain.
4. 1. The right or left side of a military formation: an attack on both flanks.
   2. The right or left side of a bastion.

tr.v., flanked, flank·ing, flanks.

1. To protect or guard the flank of.
2. To menace or attack the flank of.
3. To be placed or situated at the flank or side of: Two stone lions flanked the entrance.
4. To put (something) on each side of: flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.

[Middle English, from Old English flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin.]

noun

One of two or more contrasted parts or places identified by its location with respect to a center: hand, side. See place.

n. the right or left side of a body such as an army or a naval force: the left flank of the Russian 3rd Army.

v.

1. (often be flanked) be situated on each side of or on one side of (someone or something).

2. (flanking) guard or strengthen (a military force or position) from the side: massive walls, defended by four flanking towers.

3. (flanking) attack down or from the sides, or rake with gunfire from the sides: a flanking attack from the northeast.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A side elevation.

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The side of the body between the ribs and ilium.

• f. fat — thickness of the flank fold; a measure favored by cattle buyers as an indicator of the probable level of fat in the animal.
• f. laparotomy — a common procedure for exploration of the abdomen in cattle. Also a preliminary to resection of intestine, rumenotomy. Has the virtue that surgery can be performed with the animal standing.
• f. sucking — 1. a vice in dairy calves being reared on bucket or nipple feeders when sucking time does not satisfy sucking reflex.
— 2. a vice in dogs, particularly common in Doberman pinschers, once believed to be due to whipworm infestation but now considered a psychogenic disorder, possibly a manifestation of psychomotor epilepsy.
• f. watching — the patient spreads all four limbs and turns the head and neck into one flank; posture adopted, especially by horses, in cases of subacute abdominal pain; the tendency is for the patient to look repeatedly at the one side.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flanke, side, slag
v. tr. - flankere, sikre flanken af, angribe, omgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
flank, ribstuk, flankeren, de flank beschermen/ aanvallen, aan beide zijkanten plaatsen, langs de flank marsen

Français (French)
n. - côté, flanc (d'un animal), (Mil) flanc, (Pol, Sport) aile, (Culin) flanchet
v. tr. - flanquer, border (une région)

Deutsch (German)
v. - flankieren
n. - Flanke, Seite

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (στρατ., μτφ.) πλευροκοπώ, ευρίσκομαι πλάι
n. - (ανατ.) λαγόνι, (στρατ., μτφ.) πλευρό, πλαγιά, λαγόνα, ισχία, πλευρική θέση

Italiano (Italian)
fiancheggiare, fianco

Português (Portuguese)
v. - flanquear
n. - flanco (m) (Anat.) (Mil.)

Русский (Russian)
обойти, находиться сбоку, прикрывать, бок, торцовая сторона, склон, фланг

Español (Spanish)
n. - flanco, costado, lado
v. tr. - flanquear, lindar con, bordear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flankera, anfalla (mil.)
n. - flank, sida

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侧面, 胁, 侧腹, 攻击侧面, 守侧面, 面临着

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 側面, 脅, 側腹
v. tr. - 攻擊側面, 守側面, 面臨著

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 옆구리 측면
v. tr. - ~의 측면을 지키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 横腹, わき腹, 腿の外側, わき腹肉, 側面, 翼
v. - 側面に立つ, 側面に位置する, 側面を迂回する, 側面を攻撃する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحيط ب (الاسم) جنب , خاصرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגף, צד, יציע, כסל‬
v. tr. - ‮הקיף מצד האגף, איגף‬

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