Word Meanings - OUTFLANK - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.
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- FLANK
That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion. (more - FLANKER
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body. They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge - BEYOND
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or - AROUND
1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took - SUPERIORLY
In a superior position or manner. - SUPERIORITY
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preƫminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage. - SUPERIORESS
A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior. - SUPERIOR
1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater - OUTFLANK
To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of. - RUN-AROUND
A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.