Check
[tʃek] or [tʃɛk]
Definition
(noun.) the act of inspecting or verifying; 'they made a check of their equipment'; 'the pilot ran through the check-out procedure'.
(noun.) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king.
(noun.) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey.
(noun.) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); 'she wore a skirt with checks'.
(noun.) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something.
(noun.) the bill in a restaurant; 'he asked the waiter for the check'.
(noun.) a written order directing a bank to pay money; 'he paid all his bills by check'.
(verb.) make cracks or chinks in; 'The heat checked the paint'.
(verb.) slow the growth or development of; 'The brain damage will retard the child's language development'.
(verb.) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; 'check the brakes'; 'Check out the engine'.
(verb.) put a check mark on or near or next to; 'Please check each name on the list'; 'tick off the items'; 'mark off the units'.
(verb.) write out a check on a bank account.
(verb.) place into check; 'He checked my kings'.
(verb.) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; 'Arrest the downward trend'; 'Check the growth of communism in South East Asia'; 'Contain the rebel movement'; 'Turn back the tide of communism'.
(verb.) decline to initiate betting.
(verb.) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.
(verb.) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; 'Check your coat at the door'.
(verb.) make an examination or investigation; 'check into the rumor'; 'check the time of the class'.
(verb.) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; 'These stories don't check!'.
(verb.) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; 'He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve'.
(verb.) verify by consulting a source or authority; 'check the spelling of this word'; 'check your facts'.
(verb.) stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; 'The dog checked'.
(verb.) consign for shipment on a vehicle; 'check your luggage before boarding'.
(verb.) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey.
(verb.) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey.
(verb.) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; 'She checked for an instant and missed a step'.
Inputed by Kelly--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
(n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
(n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.
(n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.
(n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
(n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
(n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
(n.) Small chick or crack.
(v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
(v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
(v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.
(v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
(v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
(v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
(v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
(v. i.) To clash or interfere.
(v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
(v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
(v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
(a.) Checkered; designed in checks.
Typed by Hester
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Restraint, curb, bridle, hinderance, stop, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, bar, barrier, damper, interference, rebuff, repression, control.[2]. Counter register, corresponding indenture, corresponding cipher.[3]. Mark, symbol, sign.[4]. Order for money.[5]. Ticket, certificate of right.[6]. Checkered cloth.
v. a. [1]. Restrain, curb, bridle, hinder, obstruct, repress, chastise, counteract, control, put a restraint upon, hold in check, put a damper upon, nip in the bud.[2]. Reprove, chide, reprimand, rebuke.[3]. Note with a mark.
Editor: Wilma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Curb, restrain, stop, stay, repress, hinder, impede, inhibit, cohibit, bridle,control, obstruct
ANT:Loose, liberate, instigate, accelerate, license, indulge, allow, abet
SYN:Repulse, hindrance, set_back, rebuff
ANT:Encouragement, freedom, liberty
Checker: Reginald
Definition
v.t. to bring to a stand: to restrain or hinder: to rebuke: to control an account &c. by comparison with certified data vouchers &c.: to place in check at chess: to mark with a pattern of crossing lines.—n. a term in chess when one party obliges the other either to move or guard his king: anything that checks: a sudden stop repulse or rebuff: (B. Shak.) a rebuke: a mark put against items in a list: an order for money (usually written Cheque): any counter-register used as security a counterfoil: a token of printed paper or metal given to a railroad passenger to make secure the after-identification of his luggage to a person leaving his seat in a theatre with the intention of returning &c.: (U.S.) a counter used in games at cards—hence 'to pass in one's checks' = to die: a pattern of cross lines forming small squares as in a chessboard: any fabric woven with such a pattern.—adj. (her.) divided into small squares by transverse perpendicular and horizontal lines.—ns. Check′-clerk a clerk who checks accounts &c.; Check′er one who hinders or rebukes; Check′er-board a board on which checkers or draughts is played; Check′-key a latch-key; Check′mate in chess a check given to the adversary's king when in a position in which it can neither be protected nor moved out of check so that the game is finished: a complete check: defeat: overthrow.—v.t. in chess to make a movement which ends the game: to defeat.—ns. Check′-rein a coupling rein a strap hindering the horse from lowering its head; Check′-string a string by which the occupant of a carriage may attract the driver's notice; Check′-tak′er the collector of admission tickets at a theatre railway-train &c.; Check′-weigh′er one who on the part of the men checks the weight of coal sent up to the pit-mouth.
Edited by Annabel
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of palming off false checks on your friends, denotes that you will resort to subterfuge in order to carry forward your plans. To receive checks you will be able to meet your payments and will inherit money. To dream that you pay out checks, denotes depression and loss in business.
Typist: Toni
Examples
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It meant the apprehension of material which should ballast and check the exercise of reasoning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Make it, El Sordo said and watched Robert Jordan's hand check on its way to his mouth with the glass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Only to check, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I know I think of you--I feel I wish, you well--but I must check myself; you are to be feared. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Students of politics are familiar with a check and balance theory of the powers of government. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She would have spoken to tell her husband her fears, but checked herself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But here also I am checked. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Therefore I checked myself, and made my meaning plainer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had checked off each bridge in its turn, with the handle of his safe-key on the palm of his hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- About the middle of the letter I heard--what checked my pen--a tread in the vestibule. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His lips parted, as if to speak: but he checked the coming sentence, whatever it was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We shall see,' said Mr. Brownlow, checking his rising anger. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Dashwood entered into all their feelings with a warmth which left her no inclination for checking this excessive display of them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Checking himself with another piece of earth in his hand, Eugene looked at his friend inquiringly and a little suspiciously. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Though, mind,' added Mr. Pickwick, hastily checking himself--'mind, I do not say I should have prevented it, if I had known that it was intended. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But there's Mrs Higden,' said Sloppy, checking himself in his raptures, drawing back, and shaking his head with very serious meaning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is checking the road. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Miss Pocket laughed, and Camilla laughed and said (checking a yawn), The idea! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In attending to your interests, I wish to have all possible checks upon me; it is right that I should have them; I court inquiry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What then checks an indefinite increase in the number of species? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I held his power of attorney, and signed his checks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Failing any other indication, my researches must now take the direction of an inquiry at the bank for the gentleman who has cashed these checks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Donations are accepted in a number of other ways including including checks, online payments and credit card donations. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Hundreds of boys were rushing in paying checks, all checks being payable to Belden & Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Edited by Beverly