Definition for Flank:

• To attack or turn the flank or side of ( an army); guard on the flank; to border or touch.

Synonyms for Flank:

• adj.

  •side (adjective)
  • lateral.

• n.

  •
  • heart.
  •
  • hand,
  • interlock,
  • join,
  • touch,
  • interconnect,
  • adjoin.
  •
  • anatomy,
  • carapace,
  • bony,
  • capsule,
  • arm,
  • anatomical,
  • antler,
  • blowhole.
  •
  • blast,
  • corner,
  • backhand,
  • catch,
  • ball,
  • delivery,
  • chip,
  • dribble,
  • cross,
  • dive.
  •
  • cap,
  • crown,
  • brink,
  • crag,
  • cairn,
  • escarpment,
  • crest,
  • the brow,
  • divide,
  • Brae.
  •animal (noun)
  • flank.
  •flank (noun)
  • wing.
  •haunch of an animate being (noun)
  • ham,
  • Pleuron,
  • quarter.
  •out of bounds (noun)
  • bound.
  •side (noun)
  • haunch,
  • shoulder,
  • shank.
  •thigh (noun)
  • gammon,
  • Femora,
  • Femurs,
  • gammons,
  • loins,
  • femur.

• v.

  •border (verb)
  • being adjacent to,
  • sets off,
  • am adjacent to,
  • is adjacent to,
  • art adjacent to,
  • out-lines,
  • was adjacent to,
  • de-lineated,
  • wert adjacent to,
  • sur-rounded,
  • out line,
  • out lined,
  • sur rounding,
  • de lineated,
  • out lines,
  • out-lining,
  • are adjacent to,
  • were adjacent to,
  • sur rounded,
  • de lineate,
  • de-lineate,
  • wast adjacent to,
  • out-line,
  • out-lined,
  • out lining,
  • sur-rounding,
  • marks off.
  •define (verb)
  • de fine,
  • de-fines,
  • de fined,
  • stakes out,
  • walling in,
  • de-fining,
  • de-fine,
  • walls in,
  • fences in,
  • sets bounds to,
  • fencing in,
  • walled in,
  • marked out,
  • setting bounds to,
  • marks out,
  • de fines,
  • staked out,
  • de fining,
  • de-fined.
  •round (verb)
  • be girding,
  • be gird,
  • be-girds,
  • be girt,
  • be-girded,
  • be-girt,
  • by passed,
  • be girds,
  • be-gird,
  • by passes,
  • be girded,
  • be-girding,
  • by passing,
  • goes around,
  • by pass.
  •skirt (verb)
  • lay alongside,
  • lying alongside,
  • lies alongside,
  • lying along,
  • lied alongside,
  • lay along,
  • lied along,
  • lies along.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chest,
  • stump,
  • belly,
  • correspond,
  • body,
  • front,
  • knee,
  • umbilicus,
  • orifice,
  • hip,
  • loin,
  • midriff,
  • spot,
  • neck,
  • waistline,
  • waist,
  • lap,
  • communicate,
  • throat,
  • surround,
  • thorax,
  • girth,
  • stomach,
  • navel,
  • abdomen,
  • torso,
  • belly button,
  • overlap,
  • butt up,
  • nape,
  • intersect,
  • trunk,
  • steak,
  • back.
  •
  • interface,
  • hollow.
  •
  • wall.
  •round
  • By-pass,
  • went around,
  • by-passed,
  • by-passing,
  • by-passes,
  • rounding,
  • go around,
  • going around.

Paraphrases for Flank:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    sides.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    side, wing, hillside, slope.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sidewall.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sidewall, midsection.

Antonyms for Flank:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    center, interior, inside, midway, middle.

Flank Sentence Examples:

• A few riders showed on the ridges on either flank of the valley.

• Is a flank attack possible?

Holonyms for Flank:

• n.

  • animal
    quadruped.

Hypernym for Flank:

• n.

  • shape
    hypotenuse, base.

Hyponym for Flank:

• n.

  • animal
    body part.
  • food
    cut of beef.
  • group
    formation.
  • shape
    subfigure.

• v.

  • stative
    lie.

Meronym for Flank:

• n.

  • food
    flank steak.