flank: significado y definiciones

The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.

A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.

A lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain.

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

The right or left side of a bastion.

To protect or guard the flank of.

To menace or attack the flank of.

To be placed or situated at the flank or side of: Two stone lions flanked the entrance.

To put (something) on each side of: flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.