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balk
Overview of noun balk
The noun balk has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. balk, baulk -- (the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk")
2. hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap -- (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)
3. rafter, balk, baulk -- (one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof)
4. balk -- (an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base)
Overview of verb balk
The verb balk has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) resist, balk, baulk, jib -- (refuse to comply)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balk
4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
=> area, expanse, surface area
=> extent
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
=> difficulty
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
rafter, balk, baulk
=> beam
=> structural member
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
balk
=> pitch, delivery
=> throw
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun balk
1 of 4 senses of balk
Sense 2
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
=> albatross, millstone
=> bind
=> diriment impediment
=> drag
=> obstacle, obstruction
=> straitjacket
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balk
4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
=> area, expanse, surface area
Sense 2
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
=> difficulty
Sense 3
rafter, balk, baulk
=> beam
Sense 4
balk
=> pitch, delivery
Antonyms of noun balk
Member Holonyms of noun balk
Substance Holonyms of noun balk
Part Holonyms of noun balk
1 of 4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
PART OF: pool table, billiard table, snooker table
Member Meronyms of noun balk
Substance Meronyms of noun balk
Part Meronyms of noun balk
Meronyms of noun balk
Holonyms of noun balk
1 of 4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
PART OF: pool table, billiard table, snooker table
Attributes of noun balk
Derived Forms of noun balk
1 of 4 senses of balk
Sense 4
balk
RELATED TO>(adj) balky#1
=> balking, balky
Domain of noun balk
Domain Terms of noun balk
Familiarity of noun balk
balk used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun balk
4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
> area, expanse, surface area
=> acreage, land area
=> footprint
=> erasure
=> space, blank space, place
=> space
=> balk, baulk
=> section, plane section
Sense 2
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
> difficulty
=> trouble, problem
=> facer
=> killer
=> kink
=> pisser
=> pitfall, booby trap
=> snorter
=> hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
=> wrinkle
Sense 3
rafter, balk, baulk
> beam
=> box beam, box girder
=> cantilever
=> girder
=> header
=> header, lintel
=> joist
=> keel
=> keelson
=> rafter, balk, baulk
=> rider plate
=> ridge, ridgepole, rooftree
=> shore, shoring
=> tie, tie beam
=> timber
=> trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece
Sense 4
balk
> pitch, delivery
=> balk
=> ball
=> beanball, beaner
=> change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch
=> curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender
=> duster
=> fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
=> knuckleball, knuckler
=> overhand pitch
=> passed ball
=> screwball
=> sinker
=> spitball, spitter
=> strike
=> submarine ball, submarine pitch
=> wild pitch
Meronyms of noun balk
4 senses of balk
Sense 3
rafter, balk, baulk
=> beam
=> structural member
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun balk
1 of 4 senses of balk
Sense 1
balk, baulk
PART OF: pool table, billiard table, snooker table
Grep of noun balk
balk
balkan
balkan country
balkan mountain range
balkan mountains
balkan nation
balkan peninsula
balkan state
balkan wars
balkans
balker
balkiness
balkline
Antonyms of verb balk
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb balk
1 sense of balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
=> disobey
=> refuse, decline
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb balk
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb balk
1 sense of balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
=> disobey
'Cause To' of verb balk
Derived Forms of verb balk
1 sense of balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
RELATED TO>(noun) balker#1
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
Domain of verb balk
Domain Terms of verb balk
Familiarity of verb balk
balk used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb balk
1 sense of balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb balk
1 sense of balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
> disobey
=> sit in
=> sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
=> resist, balk, baulk, jib
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb balk
Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib
=> disobey
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Grep of verb balk
balk
balkanise
balkanize
Grep of adj balk
balkan
balking
balky
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