"balk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /bɑlk/ Audio: Nl-balk.ogg Forms: balken [plural], balkje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑlk Etymology: From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|balke}} Middle Dutch balke, {{inh|nl|odt|*balco}} Old Dutch *balco, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*balkō}} Proto-West Germanic *balkō, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*balkô}} Proto-Germanic *balkô Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|balkje}} balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)
  1. A beam, solid support. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-balk-nl-noun-njfQHcwf
  2. (mathematics) A cuboid. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-balk-nl-noun-GR0aakGm Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. A section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-balk-nl-noun-JJqVc0eb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balkenbrij, dakbalk, draagbalk, evenwichtsbalk, staartbalk, stootbalk, notenbalk, schuifbalk, taakbalk, zoekbalk Related terms: balkon
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /bɑlk/ Audio: Nl-balk.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑlk Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} balk
  1. inflection of balken: Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: balken
    Sense id: en-balk-nl-verb-3ZHZbKHi Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 4 59 27
  2. inflection of balken: Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: balken
    Sense id: en-balk-nl-verb-Ei4J9oDh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɔːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔːlk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔk/ [General-American], /bɑk/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-balk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: balks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰelǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|balke}} Middle English balke, {{inh|en|ang|balca}} Old English balca, {{der|en|non|bálkr||partition, ridge of land}} Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*balkô}} Proto-Germanic *balkô, {{cog|nl|balk||balk}} Dutch balk (“balk”), {{cog|de|Balken||balk}} German Balken (“balk”), {{cog|it|balcone||balcony}} Italian balcone (“balcony”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} balk (plural balks)
  1. (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing. Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-BAko-1Ae Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  2. (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation. Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-jtyoLfGO Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  3. Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks". Translations (beam): греда (greda) (Bulgarian), vazný trám (Czech), balk [masculine] (Dutch), palkki (Finnish), parru (Finnish), Balken [masculine] (German), balak (Indonesian), balok (Indonesian), balak (Malay), bjelke [masculine] (Norwegian), مرتك (mertek) (Ottoman Turkish), bal [masculine] (Polish), dyl [masculine] (Polish), kloc [masculine] (Polish), grindă [feminine] (Romanian), lonjeron [neuter] (Romanian), ба́лка (bálka) [feminine] (Russian), viga (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-4hOITeRL Disambiguation of 'beam': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check. Translations (hindrance): спънка (spǎnka) (Bulgarian), пречка (prečka) (Bulgarian), překážka [feminine] (Czech), zábrana [feminine] (Czech), zklamání [neuter] (Czech), este (Finnish), obstacol [neuter] (Romanian), piedică [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-N7wBCGVr Disambiguation of 'hindrance': 1 1 4 83 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
  5. A sudden and obstinate stop. Synonyms: failure
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-w5LGVpkY
  6. (obsolete) An omission. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-RPsY4Yl5
  7. (sports) A deceptive motion.
    (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
    Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports Synonyms: feint
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-pMY~jJQP Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  8. (sports) A deceptive motion.
    (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
    Categories (topical): Badminton, Sports Synonyms: feint
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-1efvjvap Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  9. (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played. Categories (topical): Billiards
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-ct0BEndp Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  10. (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line. Categories (topical): Snooker
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-bzsdEd2T Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
  11. (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together. Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-balk-en-noun-ZFvwZQ11 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baulk Derived forms: baulk end, baulk line, randle-balk Translations ((sports) deceptive motion; feint): финт (fint) (Bulgarian), лъжливо движение (Bulgarian), harhautus (Finnish), fentă [feminine] (Romanian) Translations (an unplowed strip of land): σφῦρα (sphûra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), erv [masculine] (Breton), неизорана ивица земя (Bulgarian), kyntämätön sarka (Finnish), raja (Finnish), raie [feminine] (French), Rain [masculine] (German), Feldrain [masculine] (German), Feldrand [masculine] (German), Furchenrücken [masculine] (German), porca [feminine] (Italian), mjaza [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), immyr vane [feminine] (Manx), miedza [feminine] (Polish), hat [neuter] (Romanian), hotar [neuter] (Romanian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of '(sports) deceptive motion; feint': 2 0 3 0 1 0 39 39 6 6 3 Disambiguation of 'an unplowed strip of land': 7 1 17 0 4 0 10 10 17 17 17

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɔːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔːlk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔk/ [General-American], /bɑk/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-balk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: balks [present, singular, third-person], balking [participle, present], balked [participle, past], balked [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰelǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|balke}} Middle English balke, {{inh|en|ang|balca}} Old English balca, {{der|en|non|bálkr||partition, ridge of land}} Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*balkô}} Proto-Germanic *balkô, {{cog|nl|balk||balk}} Dutch balk (“balk”), {{cog|de|Balken||balk}} German Balken (“balk”), {{cog|it|balcone||balcony}} Italian balcone (“balcony”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
  1. (archaic) To pass over or by. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-wMD0Tsil
  2. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. Synonyms: miss, overlook
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-Qe~AcdL6
  3. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: avoid, shun, refuse, shirk
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-j5dYMXyA
  4. To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-ZUPgc4Kl
  5. To stop short and refuse to go on.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-4iG5hj0A
  6. To refuse suddenly.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-xFydV3TO
  7. To disappoint; to frustrate. Synonyms: frustrate, foil#Verb_2, baffle, thwart
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-d8-n5xrQ Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  8. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. Translations (to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition): szembeszáll (Hungarian), elébe áll (Hungarian), keresztbe áll (Hungarian), ellenez (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-oV2y4W1X Disambiguation of 'to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition': 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 88 2 2 0
  9. To leave or make balks in.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-YKuA5nKj
  10. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-uvAmx0kb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 7 0 1 0 5 5 8 8 7 1 2 6 3 9 5 3 1 4 12 4 4
  11. (sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-TiY4ZmdB Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: baulk Derived forms: balked landing Translations: преча (preča) (Bulgarian), спъвам (spǎvam) (Bulgarian), затруднявам (zatrudnjavam) (Bulgarian), запирам се (zapiram se) (Bulgarian), пропускам (propuskam) (Bulgarian), отказвам (otkazvam) (Bulgarian), zarazit [perfective] (Czech), zastavit [perfective] (Czech), zmařit [perfective] (Czech), zarazit se [perfective] (Czech), vzepřít se [perfective] (Czech), estää (Finnish), seisahtua (Finnish), tehdä tenä (Finnish), kieltäytyä (Finnish), regimber (French), übergehen (German), vermeiden (German), verhindern (German), stoppen (German), blockieren (German), behindern (German), vereiteln (German), Einhalt gebieten (German), durchkreuzen (German), verweigern (German), scheuen (German), stocken (German), sich sperren (German), zurückweisen (German), kikerül (Hungarian), elhalad (mellette) (Hungarian), elmegy (mellette) (Hungarian), kihagy (Hungarian), elsiklik (Hungarian), átsiklik (Hungarian), eltéveszt (Hungarian), elmulaszt (Hungarian), mellőz (Hungarian), kerül (Hungarian), elszalaszt (Hungarian), kivonja magát (Hungarian), elkerül (Hungarian), meghiúsít (Hungarian), akadályoz (Hungarian), gátol (Hungarian), hátráltat (Hungarian), keresztülhúzza a számításait (Hungarian), megmakacsolja magát (Hungarian), megbokrosodik (Hungarian), megtorpan (Hungarian), vonakodik (Hungarian), húzódozik (Hungarian), habozik (Hungarian), bokkol (Hungarian), visszahőköl (Hungarian), visszariad (Hungarian), visszaretten (Hungarian), csalódást kelt/okoz (Hungarian), kiábrándít (Hungarian), ostacolare (Italian), tirarsi indietro (Italian), reguitnar (Occitan), ustuknuti (Serbo-Croatian)
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: balks [present, singular, third-person], balking [participle, present], balked [participle, past], balked [past]
Etymology: Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|balken||to bray, bawl}} Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
  1. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
    Sense id: en-balk-en-verb-X0DsJ9oY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish balker, from Old Norse bialki, bǫlkr, from Proto-Germanic *balkuz, from *balkô (“beam, plank”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|balker}} Old Swedish balker, {{inh|sv|non|bialki}} Old Norse bialki, {{m|non|bǫlkr}} bǫlkr, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*balkuz}} Proto-Germanic *balkuz, {{m|gem-pro|*balkô|t=beam, plank}} *balkô (“beam, plank”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} balk c, {{sv-noun|c}} balk c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}, {{sv-decl-noun|balk|balken|balkar|balkarna|balks|balkens|balkars|balkarnas|base=balk|definitions=|gender=Common}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], balk [indefinite, nominative, singular], balken [definite, nominative, singular], balkar [indefinite, nominative, plural], balkarna [definite, nominative, plural], balks [genitive, indefinite, singular], balkens [definite, genitive, singular], balkars [genitive, indefinite, plural], balkarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a wooden or metal beam Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-balk-sv-noun--ptD9DSs
  2. (heraldry) a bend (diagonal band) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Heraldry, Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-balk-sv-noun-liGA1Jbx Disambiguation of Heraldic charges: 5 87 4 4 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 5 84 7 4 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 84 8 3 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (law) code (major section of legislation) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-balk-sv-noun-dGdT6mGM Topics: law
  4. (slang, vulgar) penis Tags: common-gender, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-balk-sv-noun-9pUtbu9V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bjälke Derived forms: tvärbalk, ändbalk, ändtvärbalk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "4": "balk"
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      "expansion": "German Balken (“balk”)",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "greda",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "греда"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "vazný trám"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "palkki"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "parru"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Balken"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "balak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "balok"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "balak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bjelke"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mertek",
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "مرتك"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dyl"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kloc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grindă"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "beam",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "text": ", \"Concealment of Sin\"\na balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker"
        }
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        {
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          "sense": "hindrance",
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          "sense": "hindrance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "překážka"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 4 83 1 2 2 2 2 2 2",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "hindrance",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 4 83 1 2 2 2 2 2 2",
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          "sense": "hindrance",
          "word": "este"
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          "sense": "hindrance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        "(obsolete) An omission."
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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        "(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together."
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      "ipa": "/bɔːk/",
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      "ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/bɔk/",
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
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      ],
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      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
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      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      ],
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      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
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      ],
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      ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disappoint; to frustrate."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-d8-n5xrQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "disappoint",
          "disappoint"
        ],
        [
          "frustrate",
          "frustrate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frustrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "foil#Verb_2"
        },
        {
          "word": "baffle"
        },
        {
          "word": "thwart"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-oV2y4W1X",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 0 1 1 1 88 2 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
          "word": "szembeszáll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 0 1 1 1 88 2 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
          "word": "elébe áll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 0 1 1 1 88 2 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
          "word": "keresztbe áll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 0 1 1 1 88 2 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
          "word": "ellenez"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To leave or make balks in."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-YKuA5nKj"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 7 0 1 0 5 5 8 8 7 1 2 6 3 9 5 3 1 4 12 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-uvAmx0kb"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Aaron Wisewell, The Baseball Coach",
          "text": "The best advice you can receive regarding balking is to always maintain poise and composure on the mound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-TiY4ZmdB",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-balk.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-balk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-balk.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-balk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-balk.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "baulk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kikerül"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elhalad (mellette)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elmegy (mellette)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "übergehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kihagy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elsiklik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "átsiklik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "eltéveszt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elmulaszt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "mellőz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kerül"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elszalaszt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kivonja magát"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elkerül"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preča",
      "word": "преча"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spǎvam",
      "word": "спъвам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatrudnjavam",
      "word": "затруднявам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarazit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zastavit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmařit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "verhindern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "blockieren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "behindern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vereiteln"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "Einhalt gebieten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "durchkreuzen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "meghiúsít"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "akadályoz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "gátol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "hátráltat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "keresztülhúzza a számításait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapiram se",
      "word": "запирам се"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarazit se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "seisahtua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "tehdä tenä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "regimber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "verweigern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "scheuen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "stocken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megmakacsolja magát"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megbokrosodik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megtorpan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "vonakodik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "húzódozik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "habozik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "bokkol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "tirarsi indietro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "word": "reguitnar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "word": "ustuknuti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "propuskam",
      "word": "пропускам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkazvam",
      "word": "отказвам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vzepřít se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "kieltäytyä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "sich sperren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszahőköl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszariad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszaretten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "csalódást kelt/okoz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kiábrándít"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Balk (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "balken",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bray, bawl"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring."
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-en-verb-X0DsJ9oY",
      "links": [
        [
          "shoal",
          "shoal"
        ],
        [
          "herring",
          "herring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "balkenbrij"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dakbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "draagbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "evenwichtsbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "staartbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "stootbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "notenbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schuifbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "taakbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zoekbalk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "balk"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "balk"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jvn",
            "2": "baleg",
            "3": "balok",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)\n→ Indonesian: balok",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)\n→ Indonesian: balok"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "balak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: balak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: balak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "balak",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: balak (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: balak (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "balki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Papiamentu: balki",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the diminutive"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the diminutive)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "báíki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: báíki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: báíki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "barki",
            "3": "balk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hns",
            "2": "barki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "balke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch balke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*balco"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *balco",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*balkō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *balkō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*balkô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *balkô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.",
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    {
      "form": "balken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "balkje"
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      "expansion": "balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)",
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    }
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    "balk"
  ],
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    {
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    }
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    {
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        "A beam, solid support."
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        [
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          "support"
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        "masculine"
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    {
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            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "A cuboid."
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        [
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          "mathematics"
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        [
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          "cuboid"
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        "(mathematics) A cuboid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape."
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      "id": "en-balk-nl-noun-JJqVc0eb",
      "links": [
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "icon",
          "icon"
        ],
        [
          "rectangular",
          "rectangular"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Balk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-balk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg/Nl-balk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "balk",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "balk"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 4 59 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "balken"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of balken:\n## first-person singular present indicative\n## imperative",
        "first-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-nl-verb-3ZHZbKHi",
      "links": [
        [
          "balken",
          "balken#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of balken:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "balken"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of balken:\n## first-person singular present indicative\n## imperative",
        "imperative"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-nl-verb-Ei4J9oDh",
      "links": [
        [
          "balken",
          "balken#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of balken:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Balk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-balk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg/Nl-balk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tvärbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ändbalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ändtvärbalk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "balker"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish balker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bialki"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bialki",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bǫlkr"
      },
      "expansion": "bǫlkr",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*balkuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *balkuz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*balkô",
        "t": "beam, plank"
      },
      "expansion": "*balkô (“beam, plank”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish balker, from Old Norse bialki, bǫlkr, from Proto-Germanic *balkuz, from *balkô (“beam, plank”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-ar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balk c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "balk c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-ar"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "balk",
        "2": "balken",
        "3": "balkar",
        "4": "balkarna",
        "5": "balks",
        "6": "balkens",
        "7": "balkars",
        "8": "balkarnas",
        "base": "balk",
        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Common"
      },
      "name": "sv-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wooden or metal beam"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-sv-noun--ptD9DSs",
      "links": [
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Heraldry",
          "orig": "sv:Heraldry",
          "parents": [
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 84 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 84 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 87 4 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Heraldic charges",
          "orig": "sv:Heraldic charges",
          "parents": [
            "Heraldry",
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bend (diagonal band)"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-sv-noun-liGA1Jbx",
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "bend",
          "bend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) a bend (diagonal band)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "sv:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "criminal code",
          "text": "brottsbalk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "code (major section of legislation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-sv-noun-dGdT6mGM",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) code (major section of legislation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "penis"
      ],
      "id": "en-balk-sv-noun-9pUtbu9V",
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, vulgar) penis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bjälke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch non-lemma forms",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Dutch verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlk",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlk/1 syllable",
    "sv:Heraldic charges"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "balkenbrij"
    },
    {
      "word": "dakbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "draagbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "evenwichtsbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "staartbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "stootbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "notenbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "schuifbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "taakbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "zoekbalk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "balk"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "balk"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jvn",
            "2": "baleg",
            "3": "balok",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)\n→ Indonesian: balok",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)\n→ Indonesian: balok"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "balak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: balak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: balak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "balak",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: balak (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: balak (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "balki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Papiamentu: balki",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the diminutive"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the diminutive)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "báíki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: báíki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: báíki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "barki",
            "3": "balk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hns",
            "2": "barki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "balke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch balke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*balco"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *balco",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*balkō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *balkō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*balkô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *balkô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "balkje"
      },
      "expansion": "balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "balk"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "balkon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A beam, solid support."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "nl:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cuboid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "cuboid",
          "cuboid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A cuboid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "icon",
          "icon"
        ],
        [
          "rectangular",
          "rectangular"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Balk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-balk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg/Nl-balk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Nl-balk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch non-lemma forms",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Dutch verb forms",
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      "word": "baulk end"
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      "word": "randle-balk"
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      "args": {
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          "text": ", \"Concealment of Sin\"\na balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker"
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        "An omission."
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        "(obsolete) An omission."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "deceptive",
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        {
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        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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    {
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      "glosses": [
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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      "glosses": [
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
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        [
          "fishing net",
          "fishing net"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/bɔːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɔk/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɑk/",
      "tags": [
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "word": "baulk"
    }
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    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erv"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "word": "неизорана ивица земя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "word": "kyntämätön sarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "word": "raja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Feldrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Feldrand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Furchenrücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sphûra",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σφῦρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "immyr vane"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miedza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mjaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "greda",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "греда"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "vazný trám"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "palkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "parru"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Balken"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "balak"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "balok"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "balak"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bjelke"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mertek",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "مرتك"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kloc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grindă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "lonjeron"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bálka",
      "sense": "beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beam",
      "word": "viga"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spǎnka",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "word": "спънка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečka",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "word": "пречка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "překážka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zábrana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "zklamání"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "word": "este"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obstacol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hindrance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedică"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fint",
      "sense": "(sports) deceptive motion; feint",
      "word": "финт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "(sports) deceptive motion; feint",
      "word": "лъжливо движение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sports) deceptive motion; feint",
      "word": "harhautus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(sports) deceptive motion; feint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fentă"
    }
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  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰelǵ-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English balke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "balca"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "bálkr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "partition, ridge of land"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*balkô"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "balk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "balk"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Balken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "balk"
      },
      "expansion": "German Balken (“balk”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "balcone",
        "3": "",
        "4": "balcony"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian balcone (“balcony”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).",
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    {
      "form": "balks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass over or by."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass over",
          "pass over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To pass over or by."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To omit, miss, or overlook by chance."
      ],
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        [
          "omit",
          "omit"
        ],
        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
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        [
          "overlook",
          "overlook"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "miss"
        },
        {
          "word": "overlook"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia",
          "text": "Nor doth he any creature balk, / But lays on all he meeteth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To miss intentionally; to avoid."
      ],
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        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "avoid"
        },
        {
          "word": "shun"
        },
        {
          "word": "refuse"
        },
        {
          "word": "shirk"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede."
      ],
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        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ],
        [
          "impede",
          "impede"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse balked.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6",
          "text": "I’ve seen cattle that were handled in two identical facilities easily walk through one and balk in the other.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop short and refuse to go on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stop short",
          "stop short"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse suddenly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to balk expectation",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disappoint; to frustrate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disappoint",
          "disappoint"
        ],
        [
          "frustrate",
          "frustrate"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "frustrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "foil#Verb_2"
        },
        {
          "word": "baffle"
        },
        {
          "word": "thwart"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To leave or make balks in."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Aaron Wisewell, The Baseball Coach",
          "text": "The best advice you can receive regarding balking is to always maintain poise and composure on the mound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɔːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "baulk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kikerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elhalad (mellette)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elmegy (mellette)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "übergehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kihagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elsiklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "átsiklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "eltéveszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elmulaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kihagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "mellőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elszalaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elmulaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kivonja magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elkerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preča",
      "word": "преча"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spǎvam",
      "word": "спъвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatrudnjavam",
      "word": "затруднявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarazit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zastavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmařit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "verhindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "blockieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "behindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vereiteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "Einhalt gebieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "durchkreuzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "meghiúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "akadályoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "gátol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "hátráltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "keresztülhúzza a számításait"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapiram se",
      "word": "запирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarazit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "seisahtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "tehdä tenä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "regimber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "verweigern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "scheuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "stocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megmakacsolja magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megbokrosodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "megtorpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "vonakodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "húzódozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "habozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "bokkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "tirarsi indietro"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "word": "reguitnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "word": "ustuknuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "propuskam",
      "word": "пропускам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkazvam",
      "word": "отказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vzepřít se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "tehdä tenä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "kieltäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "regimber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "sich sperren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszahőköl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszariad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "visszaretten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "word": "ustuknuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "csalódást kelt/okoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kiábrándít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
      "word": "szembeszáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
      "word": "elébe áll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
      "word": "keresztbe áll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
      "word": "ellenez"
    }
  ],
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    "Balk (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English verbs",
    "sv:Heraldic charges"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "balken",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bray, bawl"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoal",
          "shoal"
        ],
        [
          "herring",
          "herring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "sv:Heraldic charges"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tvärbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "ändbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "ändtvärbalk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "balker"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish balker",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bialki"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bialki",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bǫlkr"
      },
      "expansion": "bǫlkr",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*balkuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *balkuz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*balkô",
        "t": "beam, plank"
      },
      "expansion": "*balkô (“beam, plank”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish balker, from Old Norse bialki, bǫlkr, from Proto-Germanic *balkuz, from *balkô (“beam, plank”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-ar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balk c",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "sv-noun"
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  ],
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    {
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      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-ar"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "balken",
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        "4": "balkarna",
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        "7": "balkars",
        "8": "balkarnas",
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        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Common"
      },
      "name": "sv-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "a wooden or metal beam"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bend (diagonal band)"
      ],
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          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "bend",
          "bend"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "criminal code",
          "text": "brottsbalk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "code (major section of legislation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) code (major section of legislation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish slang",
        "Swedish vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, vulgar) penis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bjälke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balk"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: \"''(archaic in English)'' to pass over or by\", 2: 'pass over', 3: 'pass by'}",
  "path": [
    "balk",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to omit, miss or overlook by chance', 2: 'omit', 3: 'miss', 4: 'overlook'}",
  "path": [
    "balk",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: \"''(obsolete in English)'' to miss intentionally; to avoid\", 2: 'miss', 3: 'avoid'}",
  "path": [
    "balk",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to stop, check, block', 2: 'stop', 3: 'check', 4: 'block'}",
  "path": [
    "balk",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to stop short and refuse to go on', 2: 'stop short'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to refuse suddenly', 2: 'refuse'}",
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    "trans-top-see"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to disappoint; to frustrate', 2: 'disappoint', 3: 'frustrate'}",
  "path": [
    "balk",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "balk",
  "trace": ""
}

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