Usually means: Surrounded on sides by others.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word flanked:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. flanked: Merriam-Webster
  2. flanked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flanked: Vocabulary.com
  4. Flanked, flanked: Wordnik
  5. flanked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flanked: Wiktionary
  7. Flanked, flanked: Dictionary.com
  8. flanked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Flanked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Flanked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. flanked: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. flanked: FreeDictionary.org
  13. flanked: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flanked: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flanked: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flanked: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Flanked: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See flank as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flank)

verb:  (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
verb:  (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
verb:  (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
verb:  (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
noun:  (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
noun:  (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
noun:  (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
noun:  (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
noun:  The side of something, in general senses.
noun:  The outermost strip of a road.
noun:  (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
noun:  That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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.
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