flanks is a form of:

Flank



noun
1.
(the faleshy pary of the side between hips and ribs, side of a building or body of troops) កណ្ដៀតក្អម (អវៈយវៈប៉ែកត្រង់ចង្ដេះ)
2.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ត្រគាក, ចង្កេះ, ចង្កេះផ្នែកកណ្តៀតក្អម, ចំហៀង
3.
Flank (of an army) ផ្នែកសង្ខាង (កងទ័ព)
4.
(horse's) flank ត្រគាក (សត្វ)
verbpast tense: flanked ; past participle: flanked ; present participle: flanking ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to guard or strengthen on flank, to be located by the side of, to attack or go around the side of enemy tops, to border) អម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip.
2.
The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
3.
That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
4.
The side of any building.
5.
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
verbpast tense: flanked ; past participle: flanked ; present participle: flanking ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To be posted on the side.
1.
To border, to touch