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Synonyms
flank (flăngk)

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

noun 

  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.
    1. The right or left side of a military formation: an attack on both flanks.
    2. The right or left side of a bastion.

transitive verb: 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.