Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“flanks” is a form of

flank

UK /flænk/ · US /flæŋk/ verb, noun, adjective

Forms flanks flanking flanked flanck

  1. verb (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
  2. verb (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
  3. verb (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
  4. verb (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
  5. noun (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
  6. noun (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
  7. noun (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
  8. noun (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
  9. noun The side of something, in general senses.
  10. noun (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
  11. noun (politics) An ideological faction within a political party.
  12. noun The outermost strip of a road.
  13. adjective (US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack. “All ahead flank!”

Synonyms

straddle latus wing side

Etymology

From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the rids and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
  2. noun (a) 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. verb To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
  4. verb 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.

Etymology [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]

Etymology [Cf. F. flanquer. See Flank, n., and cf. Flanker, v. t.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “flank”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “flank” (best matches first).

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