loins English
Noun
(head)
The lower abdomen, groin and genitalia.
Derived terms
* fruit of one's loins
* gird up one's loins
Related terms
* lumb-, lumbo-
* lumbago
* lumbar
* lumbosacral
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flanks English
Verb
(head)
(flank)
flank English
Adjective
(-)
(nautical) Maximum (of speed). 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! ).
Noun
( en noun)
(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
The side of something, in general senses.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
- Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.
The outermost strip of a road.
(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 23
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom
, work=BBC
citation
, page=
, passage=The hosts also had Paul Robinson to thank for a string of saves, three of them coming against Jerome Thomas, who gave Michel Salgado a torrid time down the left flank .}}
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Synonyms
* (all senses) side
* (side of formation) wing
Derived terms
* (flesh between the last rib and the hip) flank steak
Coordinate terms
* (cut of meat from the flank of an animal) fajita
Verb
( en verb)
To attack the flank(s) of something.
To defend the flank(s) of something.
To place to the side(s) of something.
* Pitt
- Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.
To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)
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