Synonyms of the word

baulk

• n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.
• n. (Britain) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially…
• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

balk

• n. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
• n. (archaeology) the wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
• n. beam, crossbeam.
• n. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
• n. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
• n. (sports) deceptive motion; feint.
• v. (archaic) To pass over or by.
• v. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
• v. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
• v. To stop, check, block.
• v. To stop short and refuse to go on.
• v. To refuse suddenly.
• v. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart.
• v. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
• v. To leave or make balks in.
• v. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
• v. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

beam

• n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame…
• n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
• n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
• n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
• n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
• n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and…
• n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached…
• n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which…
• n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
• n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
• n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
• n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric…
• n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
• v. (transitive) give the appearance of beams to.
• v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
• v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

deterrent

• adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
• n. Something that deters.

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

disobey

• v. (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
• v. (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.

expanse

• n. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
• n. An amount of spread or stretch.

handicap

• n. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
• n. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest…
• n. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages…
• n. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage,…
• n. (obsolete, card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
• v. (transitive, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
• v. To estimate betting odds.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

impediment

• n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

jib

• n. (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches…
• n. (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of…
• n. The projecting arm of a crane.
• n. (metonymically) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
• n. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating,…
• n. (dialectal) The under lip, the mouth, face, nose, or teeth.
• v. (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
• v. To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
• v. (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
• n. One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
• n. A stationary condition; a standstill.

rafter

• n. One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave,…
• n. flock of turkeys.
• v. (transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
• v. (transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.
• v. (Britain, agriculture) To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge;…
• n. A raftsman.

resist

• v. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
• v. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
• v. (intransitive) To oppose.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
• n. A protective coating or covering.