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)
verb — past 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.
verb — past 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