nnoun.locationthe area on a billiard table behind the balklineSynset:baulk
Examples:- a player with ball in hand must play from the balk
Part Holonyms:billiard table pool table snooker table
Hypernyms:area expanse surface area
Inherited Hypernyms:balkareaextentmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitionsomething immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progressSynset:baulk check deterrent handicap hinderance hindrance impediment
Derivationally Related Form:hinderdeterimpededeterrenthandicap
Hypernyms:difficulty
Inherited Hypernyms:hindrancedifficultycognitive factorcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:albatrossbinddiriment impedimentdragmillstoneobstacleobstructionstraitjacket
Full Hyponyms:albatrossbamboo curtainbarrierbindcolor barcolor barrierdiriment impedimentdraghang-uphurdleideological barrieriron curtainlanguage barrierobstaclestraitjacketstymie
nnoun.artifactone of several parallel sloping beams that support a roofSynset:baulk rafter
Derivationally Related Form:rafter
Hypernyms:beam
Inherited Hypernyms:rafterbeampiecepartobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:rafterbeamstructural membersupportdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actan illegal pitching motion while runners are on baseDerivationally Related Form:balky
Hypernyms:delivery pitch
Inherited Hypernyms:balkpitchthrowpropulsionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialrefuse to complySynset:baulk jib resist
Derivationally Related Form:resistantresisterresistivebalkerbaulkerresistance
Hypernyms:disobey
Inherited Hypernyms:resistdisobeyrefusereactact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | They --- moving (apply to: resist)