check | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, curb |
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(noun) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey | - |
(noun) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king | - |
(noun) the act of inspecting or verifying | Synonyms: check-out procedure, checkout |
(noun) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard) | - |
(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | Synonyms: chip |
(noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: assay |
(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: confirmation, substantiation, verification |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
(noun) the bill in a restaurant | Synonyms: chit, tab |
(noun) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | Synonyms: check mark, tick |
(noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money | Synonyms: bank check, cheque |
(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
(verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: delay, retard |
(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | Synonyms: break, crack |
(verb) make cracks or chinks in | Synonyms: chink |
(verb) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly | - |
(verb) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition | Synonyms: check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out |
(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to | Synonyms: check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off |
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
(verb) verify by consulting a source or authority | - |
(verb) write out a check on a bank account | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) place into check | - |
(verb) decline to initiate betting | - |
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: checker, chequer |
(verb) stop in a chase especially when scent is lost | - |
(verb) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey | - |
(verb) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution | - |
(verb) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping | - |
(verb) consign for shipment on a vehicle | - |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: condition, discipline, train |
(verb) make an examination or investigation | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
(verb) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey | - |
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
(verb) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection | Synonyms: check out |
checkbook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: chequebook |
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checked | (adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checkered, chequered |
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checker | (noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | Synonyms: chequer |
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(noun) one who checks the correctness of something | - |
(noun) an attendant who checks coats or baggage | - |
(verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | Synonyms: chequer |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: check, chequer |
checkerberry | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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(noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen |
checkerbloom | (noun) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated | Synonyms: Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock |
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checkerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, chequerboard |
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checkered | (adjective) marked by changeable fortune | - |
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(adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checked, chequered |
checkers | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: draughts |
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checklist | (noun) a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
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checkmate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: mate |
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(noun) complete victory | - |
(verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | Synonyms: mate |
checkout | (noun) the act of inspecting or verifying | Synonyms: check-out procedure, check |
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(noun) a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases | Synonyms: checkout counter |
(noun) the latest time for vacating a hotel room | Synonyms: checkout time |
checkpoint | (noun) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | - |
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checkrein | (noun) a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position | Synonyms: bearing rein |
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checkroom | (noun) a room where baggage or parcels are checked | Synonyms: left-luggage office |
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checkrow | (verb) plant in checkrows | - |
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checksum | (noun) a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage | - |
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checkup | (noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | Synonyms: health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination |
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