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{"id": "balk", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "balk", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"entries": [{"etymologies": ["late Old English balc, from Old Norse b\u00e1lkr \u2018partition\u2019. The original use was \u2018unploughed ridge\u2019, later \u2018land left unploughed by mistake\u2019, hence \u2018blunder, omission\u2019, giving rise to the verb use \u2018miss (a chance)\u2019. A late Middle English sense \u2018obstacle\u2019 gave rise to the verb senses \u2018hesitate\u2019 and \u2018hinder\u2019"], "grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "intransitive", "text": "Intransitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/baulk_gb_1_8.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "b\u0254\u02d0lk"}, {"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/baulk_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "b\u0254\u02d0k"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking"], "examples": [{"text": "he balked at such a drastic solution"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.008", "shortDefinitions": ["hesitate"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["thwart or hinder (a plan or person)"], "examples": [{"text": "he raised every objection he could to balk this plan"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.021", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["hinder"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "impede"}, {"language": "en", "text": "obstruct"}, {"language": "en", "text": "thwart"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hinder"}, {"language": "en", "text": "prevent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "check"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stop"}, {"language": "en", "text": "curb"}, {"language": "en", "text": "halt"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bar"}, {"language": "en", "text": "block"}, {"language": "en", "text": "forestall"}, {"language": "en", "text": "frustrate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stall"}, {"language": "en", "text": "baffle"}, {"language": "en", "text": "foil"}, {"language": "en", "text": "defeat"}, {"language": "en", "text": "beat"}, {"language": "en", "text": "counteract"}, {"language": "en", "text": "head off"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "balk", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0001220.002"}]}, {"definitions": ["prevent a person or animal from having (something)"], "examples": [{"text": "a tiger balked of its prey"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.022", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}, {"text": "\"balk someone of\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["stop from having"]}, {"definitions": ["miss or refuse (a chance or invitation)"], "examples": [{"text": "it's got to be done, so why balk it?"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.023", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "registers": [{"id": "archaic", "text": "Archaic"}], "shortDefinitions": ["miss or refuse"]}, {"definitions": ["(with reference to a horse) refuse or cause to refuse to go on"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "riding", "text": "Riding"}], "examples": [{"notes": [{"text": "no object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "text": "he balked, both forefeet thrust stiffly in front of him"}, {"notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "text": "most of the horses were balked and refused"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.024", "shortDefinitions": ["refuse to go on"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "eschew"}, {"language": "en", "text": "resist"}, {"language": "en", "text": "refuse to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be unwilling to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "draw the line at"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be reluctant to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "draw back from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "flinch from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "shrink from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "shy from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "recoil from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "quail at"}, {"language": "en", "text": "demur from"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hesitate over"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scruple to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "take exception to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "not like to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hate to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "jib at"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "balk", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0001220.001"}]}], "variantForms": [{"regions": 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{"language": "en", "text": "stay"}, {"language": "en", "text": "brace"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scantling"}, {"language": "en", "text": "batten"}, {"language": "en", "text": "transom"}, {"language": "en", "text": "lintel"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stringer"}, {"language": "en", "text": "balk"}, {"language": "en", "text": "board"}, {"language": "en", "text": "timber"}, {"language": "en", "text": "plank"}, {"language": "en", "text": "lath"}, {"language": "en", "text": "rafter"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "beam", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0001237.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["the area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "billiards", "text": "Billiards"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.056", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "playing_area", "text": "Playing_Area"}], "shortDefinitions": ["area on billiard table"]}, {"definitions": ["an unlawful action made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "baseball", "text": "Baseball"}], "domains": [{"id": "baseball", "text": "Baseball"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.062", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "action_in_sport", "text": "Action_In_Sport"}], "shortDefinitions": ["unlawful action by pitcher"]}, {"definitions": ["a ridge left unploughed between furrows."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "farming", "text": "Farming"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0068740.064", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "protrusion", "text": "Protrusion"}], "shortDefinitions": ["unploughed ridge"]}], "variantForms": [{"regions": [{"id": "british", "text": "British"}], "text": "baulk"}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "noun", "text": "Noun"}, "text": "balk"}], "type": "headword", "word": "balk"}], "word": "balk"}
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