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flanking

flanking is the present participle and gerund of flank.

Meaning of flank

Verb

flank (third-person singular simple present flanks, present participle flanking, simple past and past participle flanked)

  1. (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
  2. (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
  3. (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
    • Stately colonnades are flank'd with trees.c. 1728, Christopher Pitt, Epistle to Mr. Spence
  4. (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

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Questions about flanking

What is flanking the present participle and gerund of?
Flanking is the present participle and gerund of flank.

Words near flanking in the dictionary

  1. flankerback
  2. flankerbacks
  3. flankered
  4. flankering
  5. flankers
  6. flanking
  7. flanks
  8. flankwise
  9. Flannagan
  10. Flannagans
  11. flanned

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