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flank

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Main Entry: flank
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: haunch of an animate being

Synonyms:

ham, hand, hip, loin, pleuron, quarter, side, thigh, wing
Main Entry: border
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bound on; be on the edge

Synonyms:

abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge
Notes: a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary

Antonyms:

be inside, center
Main Entry: define
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delimit, outline

Synonyms:

belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in
Main Entry: round
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn; encircle

Synonyms:

begird, bypass, circle, circulate, circumnavigate, compass, encompass, flank, gird, girdle, go around, gyrate, hem, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, skirt, spin, surround, wheel, whirl
Main Entry: side
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: edge, exteriority of object

Synonyms:

aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, hillside, jamb, lee, limit, loin, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing

Antonyms:

extremity, inside, middle, torso
Main Entry: skirt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: border; be on the edge

Synonyms:

bound, define, edge, flank, fringe, hem, lie along, lie alongside, margin, rim, surround, verge

Antonyms:

center
Main Entry: thigh
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leg part

Synonyms:

femur, flank, gammon, groin, ham, hock, loins
Related Words
Main Entry: border
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
border, arcifinious, chamfered, coextensive, conterminable, conterminate, cultellated, cultrate, deckle-edged, definite, erose, fringed, frontier, indented, jagged, labial, labiated, limbate, marginal, marginated, notched, peripheral, repand, scalloped, scrolled, skirting, terminal, vallate
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