Definition of check

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Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

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Stanch :: Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Stunt :: Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing..
Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Checked :: Checked (imp. & p. p.) of Chec.
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Check :: Check (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..
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