RESISTS vs BALK: NOUN
- Plural form of resist.
- A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
- A ridge between furrows.
- An unplowed strip of land.
- One of the spaces between the cushion and the balk line on a billiard table.
- An incomplete or misleading motion, especially an illegal move made by a baseball pitcher.
- A hindrance, check, or defeat.
- A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called “the balks.”
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. It is illegal and is penalized by allowing the runners on base to advance one base.
- A line across a billiard table near one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game.
- Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- The area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- A wooden beam or rafter.
- A beam or piece of timber of considerable length and thickness.
- In coal-mining, a more or less sudden thinning out, for a certain distance, of a bed of coal; a nip or want.
- A check or defeat; a disappointment.
- A barrier in one's way; an obstacle or stumbling-block.
- In base-ball, a motion made by the pitcher as if to pitch the ball, but without actually doing so.
- Milit., one of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle-bridge or bateau-bridge.
- A blunder; a failure or miscarriage: as, to make a balk; you have made a bad balk of it.
- A piece missed in plowing.
- A ridge; especially, a ridge left unplowed in the body of a field, or between fields; an uncultivated strip of land serving as a boundary, often between pieces of ground held by different tenants.
- In carpentry, a squared timber, long or short; a large timber in a frame, floor, etc.; a square log.
- The beam of a balance.
- In billiards, the space between the cushion of the table and the balkline. A ball inside this space is said to be in balk.
- A long wooden or iron table on which paper is laid in the press-room of a printing-office.
- A set of stout stakes surrounded by netting or wickerwork for catching fish.
- The stout rope at the top of fishing-nets by which they are fastened one to another in a fleet.
- In wool-manuf., a fullness and suppleness of texture.
- The failure of a jumper or vaulter to jump after taking his run. Three balks usually count as a trial-jump.
- An omission; an exception.
RESISTS vs BALK: VERB
- Express opposition through action or words
- Withstand the force of something
- Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
- Elude, especially in a baffling way
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resist.
- Refuse to comply
- Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- Refuse to comply
RESISTS vs BALK: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To refuse obstinately or abruptly.
- To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
- To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.
- To check or thwart by or as if by an obstacle.
- To let go by; miss.
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
RESISTS vs BALK: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To make a balk or ridge in plowing; make a ridge in by leaving a strip unplowed.
- Hence To leave untouched generally; omit; pass over; neglect; shun.
- To place a balk in the way of; hence, to hinder; thwart; frustrate; disappoint.
- To miss by error or inadvertence.
- To heap up so as to form a balk or ridge.
- [Some editors read bak'd in this passage.] Synonyms
- To stop short in one's course, as at a balk or obstacle: as, the horse balked; he balked in his speech. Spenser.
- To quibble; bandy words.
- To signify to fishing-boats the direction taken by the shoals of herrings or pilchards, as seen from heights overlooking the sea: done at first by bawling or shouting, subsequently by signals.
RESISTS vs BALK: RELATED WORDS
- Survives, Opposes, Rebuffs, Withstands, Jib, Dissent, Hold out, Protest, Stand firm, Balk, Stand, Refuse, Baulk, Withstand, Defy
- Renege, Displease, Oppose, Chide, Spurn, Averse, Irk, Cringe, Retreat, Thwart, Flinch, Rafter, Jib, Resist, Baulk
RESISTS vs BALK: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Denies, Demurs, Shuns, Succumbs, Battles, Resins, Fights, Crawls, Jib, Dissent, Protest, Stand firm, Stand, Refuse, Defy
- Scoff, Acquiesce, Reject, Insist, Demur, Displease, Oppose, Averse, Irk, Cringe, Thwart, Flinch, Rafter, Jib, Resist
RESISTS vs BALK: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Life and resists are all that matter here.
- Unlike Christmas, it also resists a noncommittal response.
- Prescriptivism resists the latter; descriptivism quietly observes both.
- Chrome plated piston rod resists wear and corrosion.
- Gold is one exception since it resists acids.
- Did you know that wool actually resists dirt?
- Resists cold flow and tendency to extrude Will cold flow and extrude at room Resists cold flow and tendency to extrude under high pressure.
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- Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God and they that resist bring on themselves condemnation.
- Etching resists will include markers, oil paint and asphaltum varnish as resists for copper.
- Many surety bond companies will balk at this.
- Balk EM, Chung M, Chen ML, et al.
- Vendors often balk at adding pricing to websites.
- Ambassadorial Nominees Balk At Question Of Russian Interference.
- Some Members Balk at Union Support for Pataki.
- This moat might be enchanted to balk equines.
- The horse began to balk, for a fee.
- Balk EM, Chung M, Hadar N, et al.
- Republicans sometimes balk for a variety of reasons.
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RESISTS vs BALK: QUESTIONS
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- What does Grendel mean when he says the world resists me?
- What happens if the batter hits the ball after a balk?
- What are the rules for a balk in high school baseball?
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