To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
To refuse suddenly.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
To leave or make balks in.
To stop, check, block.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
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".
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
A sudden and obstinate stop.
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
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.
An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.