Balk

//bɔːk//

Synonyms for "balk" (189 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Verb(4 words)
jibavoidbafflebaulk
Noun(2 words)
baulkcheck

Strong matches (57)

Verb(3 words)
disobeyfoilfrustrate

Related words (94)

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Translations

123 translations across 22 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σφῦρα noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Breton

1 entries
  • erv noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • греда noun (beam)
  • лъжливо движение noun ((sports) deceptive motion; feint)
  • неизорана ивица земя noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • пречка noun (hindrance)

Czech

4 entries
  • překážka noun (hindrance)
  • vazný trám noun (beam)
  • zklamání noun (hindrance)
  • zábrana noun (hindrance)

Dutch

1 entries
  • balk noun (beam)

Finnish

4 entries
  • este noun (hindrance)
  • harhautus noun ((sports) deceptive motion; feint)
  • palkki noun (beam)
  • parru noun (beam)

French

4 entries
  • balk noun ((sports) deceptive motion; feint)
  • feinte irrégulière noun ((sports) deceptive motion; feint)
  • raie noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • regimber verb (to stop short and refuse to go on)

German

4 entries
  • Balken noun (beam)
  • Feldrain noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • Feldrand noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • Furchenrücken noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • akadályoz verb (to stop, check, block)
  • bokkol verb (to stop short and refuse to go on)
  • csalódást kelt/okoz verb (to disappoint; to frustrate)
  • elhalad (mellette) verb (''(archaic in English)'' to pass over or by)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • balak noun (beam)
  • balok noun (beam)

Italian

3 entries
  • porca noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • ostacolare verb (to stop, check, block)
  • tirarsi indietro verb (to stop short and refuse to go on)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • mjaza noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Malay

1 entries
  • balak noun (beam)

Manx

1 entries
  • immyr vane noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bjelke noun (beam)

Occitan

1 entries
  • reguitnar verb (to stop short and refuse to go on)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • مرتك noun (beam)

Polish

4 entries
  • bal noun (beam)
  • dyl noun (beam)
  • kloc noun (beam)
  • miedza noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Romanian

4 entries
  • fentă noun ((sports) deceptive motion; feint)
  • grindă noun (beam)
  • hat noun (an unplowed strip of land)
  • hotar noun (an unplowed strip of land)

Russian

1 entries
  • ба́лка noun (beam)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ustuknuti verb (to stop short and refuse to go on)
  • ustuknuti verb (to refuse suddenly)

Spanish

1 entries
  • viga noun (beam)

Sample sentences

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RushmoreDrive.Com President and CEO Johnny Taylor is pleased with the feedback he's gotten since the website's launch early this year. Still, some critics balk at the idea of a race-based search engine. Isn't that "discrimination," they ask? Taylor's response: diversity is a cornerstone of the American marketplace.

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How fruitfull are the ſeeming Barren places of Scripture. Bad Plow-men, which make Balkes of ſuch Ground.

Source: wiktionary

, "Concealment of Sin" a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker

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Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.

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