To express the essential nature of something.
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
To establish the referent of a term or notation.
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
To defend the flank(s) of.
To attack the flank(s) of.
To place to the side(s) of.
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.
The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
The outermost strip of a road.
The wing, one side of the pitch.
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
The side of something, in general senses.
The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.