[flɹæŋk] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
/fleɪŋk/ North-Central US
/flɛŋk/ (New-Zealand)
[flæŋk] ~ [flæə̯ŋk] ~ [flɛə̯ŋk] (Southern-US)
[fleɪŋk] ~ [flɛːŋk] ~ [flæŋk] Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/fleɪŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/flænk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/fleɪŋk/ (US)
[fleɪ̯ŋk] ~ [fleːŋk] North-Central US
[flæːnk] ~ [flɛːnk] ~ [fleːnk] (Australia)
Etymology
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
Meanings
(US, not-comparable, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
All ahead flank!
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flank en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/flæŋk/ (Southern-US)
/flæŋk/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
/flæŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
[flɹæŋk] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
/fleɪŋk/ North-Central US
/flɛŋk/ (New-Zealand)
[flæŋk] ~ [flæə̯ŋk] ~ [flɛə̯ŋk] (Southern-US)
[fleɪŋk] ~ [flɛːŋk] ~ [flæŋk] Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/fleɪŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/flænk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/fleɪŋk/ (US)
[fleɪ̯ŋk] ~ [fleːŋk] North-Central US
[flæːnk] ~ [flɛːnk] ~ [fleːnk] (Australia)
Etymology
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
Meanings
The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
Holonym: side
A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
The side of something, in general senses.
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. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
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. 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
I took the quarter and hid it in my right flank.
An ideological faction within a political party.
Ford survived a primary challenge in 1976 from the right flank of the Republican Party by Ronald Reagan.
The outermost strip of a road.
The wing, one side of the pitch.
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. 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC:
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
latus · side (all senses) · wing (side of formation)
Translations (124)
sv sida (edge of military formation) · ar كَشْح (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ota بوگور (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi kuve (cut of meat) · ar خَاصِرَة (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · gd slios (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · gl lado (side of something) · scn ciancu (outermost strip of road) · ru бочо́к (cut of meat) · es flanco (edge of military formation) · hu oldal (side of something) · scn ciancu (side of something) · it fianco (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi päästöpinta (part of the gear wheel) · scn ciancu (edge of military formation) · uk фланг (edge of military formation) · da flanke (cut of meat) · grc λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · cs slabina (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ru бок (side of something) · mi kaokao (side of something) · ru сторона́ (side of something) · tr böğür (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · el πλευρό (cut of meat) · gl vao (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi kylki (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · it noce (cut of meat) · hu horpasz (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ota پهلو (edge of military formation) · la latus (side of something) · hu szárny (side of something) · ru бочо́к (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · mi hūhā (cut of meat) · fi sivu (side of something) · cs křídlo (edge of military formation) · pl skrzydło (edge of military formation) · sv flank (edge of military formation) · ru фланг (edge of military formation) · hy թև (edge of military formation) · ro flanc (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · gl faldra (cut of meat) · bg фланг (edge of military formation) · hu véknya (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · la latus (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · es citara (edge of military formation) · da flanke (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · gl illarga (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · bg страна (side of something) · es costado (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · chr ᎠᏍᏆᎨᏂ (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi kuve (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ca flanc (edge of military formation) · da flanke (edge of military formation) · mi kaokao (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · lt šónas (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ar جِنَاح (edge of military formation) · ar جَانِب (side of something) · fi kylki (side of something) · fi kuvepaisti (cut of meat) · pl flanka (edge of military formation) · cs strana (outermost strip of road) · es flanco (side of something) · fr flanc (edge of military formation) · my နံ (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ja 脇腹 (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · it lato (side of something) · bg банкет (outermost strip of road) · cs úbočí (outermost strip of road) · gd slios (side of something) · it rosa (cut of meat) · de Seite (side of something) · pt flanco (edge of military formation) · de Flanke (edge of military formation) · de Flanke (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · da flanke (side of something) · sv sida (side of something) · cs bůček (cut of meat) · el πλευρά (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · hu lágyék (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ja 横腹 (side of something) · grc κενεών (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · it soccoscio (cut of meat) · mi papa (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · grc λαγών (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · cs strana (side of something) · fr flanc (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · it fianco (edge of military formation) · cmn 腰窝 (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · sv sida (cut of meat) · fi sivu (edge of military formation) · fi kylki (cut of meat) · ja 横 (side of something) · fr flanc (side of something) · ja 脇 (side of something) · grc πλευρόν (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fr flanchet (cut of meat) · ota پهلو (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · el πλευρά (side of something) · egy a-b-db (edge of military formation) · gl vougo (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · pl łata (cut of meat) · mi hūhā (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi sivusta (edge of military formation) · cmn 侧翼 (edge of military formation) · cmn 胁腹 (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · pt flanco (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · bg хълбок (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · hu szárny (edge of military formation) · fi piennar (outermost strip of road) · ja 横腹 (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · lt šónas (side of something) · pl bok (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · ro latură (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · is huppur (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · et külg (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi sivu (side of a bastion) · pdt Flank (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · cs bok (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · scn ciancu (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · la cornu (edge of military formation) · wbk puṇë (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · fi laita (soccer: wing) · tl hipik-hipikan (anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip) · gl flanco (edge of military formation)
flank en · VERB
Pronunciation
/flæŋk/ (Southern-US)
/flæŋk/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
/flæŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
[flɹæŋk] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
/fleɪŋk/ North-Central US
/flɛŋk/ (New-Zealand)
[flæŋk] ~ [flæə̯ŋk] ~ [flɛə̯ŋk] (Southern-US)
[fleɪŋk] ~ [flɛːŋk] ~ [flæŋk] Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/fleɪŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
/flænk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/fleɪŋk/ (US)
[fleɪ̯ŋk] ~ [fleːŋk] North-Central US
[flæːnk] ~ [flɛːnk] ~ [fleːnk] (Australia)
Etymology
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
Meanings
(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
(transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
(transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
It was a rural railway that served the fertile Fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. But because it flanked public roads and was unfenced (to save costs), it was deemed a tramway and its locomotives had to be fitted with a cowcatcher. 2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Wisbech & Upwell Tramway”, in RAIL, number 974, page 46:
[...] Mr. M. N. Rollason points out that on four-track lines on which the fast lines, in the centre, are flanked by the slow lines, and running at speed is permissible on all four, the traveller can enjoy some quite exciting experiences when trains are doing a "neck-and-neck" on adjacent lines. 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Express Travel on Slow Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 184:
Stately colonnades are flank'd with trees. c. 1728, Christopher Pitt, Epistle to Mr. Spence:
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
hu oldalról támad (to attack the flank(s)) · da flankere (to place to the side(s) of something) · it fiancheggiare (to place to the side(s) of something) · pt flanquear (to defend the flank(s)) · sv flankera (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · ca flanquejar (to place to the side(s) of something) · rif aɣezdis (to place to the side(s) of something) · it affiancare (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · ca flanquejar (to defend the flank(s)) · scn acciancari (to place to the side(s) of something) · de flankieren (to place to the side(s) of something) · ru фланкировать (to defend the flank(s)) · es flanquear (to defend the flank(s)) · ca flanquejar (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · es estar al flanco (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · scn acciancari (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · pt ladear (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · pt flanquear (to attack the flank(s)) · bg пазя фланга (to defend the flank(s)) · fi hyökätä sivustaan (to attack the flank(s)) · es flanquearse (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · de in der Flanke angreifen (to attack the flank(s)) · es ladear (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · it proteggere il fianco (to defend the flank(s)) · pl oskrzydlać (to attack the flank(s)) · es estar flanqueado (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · hu szegélyez (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · scn pigghiari i cianchi (to attack the flank(s)) · sv flankera (to place to the side(s) of something) · ca flanquejar (to attack the flank(s)) · bg гранича (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · es flanquear (to place to the side(s) of something) · pl flankować (to attack the flank(s)) · it aggirare il fianco (to attack the flank(s)) · pt flanquear (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · scn difènniri u ciancu (to defend the flank(s)) · da flankere (to be placed to the side(s) of something) · ru обойти с флангов (to attack the flank(s)) · es flanquear (to attack the flank(s)) · fr flanquer (to defend the flank(s))