flank
verb/flæŋk/
/flæŋk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flank | /flæŋk/ /flæŋk/ |
| he / she / it flanks | /flæŋks/ /flæŋks/ |
| past simple flanked | /flæŋkt/ /flæŋkt/ |
| past participle flanked | /flæŋkt/ /flæŋkt/ |
| -ing form flanking | /ˈflæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈflæŋkɪŋ/ |
- be flanked by somebody/somethingto have somebody/something on one or both sides
- She left the courtroom flanked by armed guards.
- flank something to be placed on one or both sides of something
- They drove through the cotton fields that flanked Highway 17.
Word Originlate Old English, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin.
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