Definition of check

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Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

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Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Checking :: Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chec.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Snub :: Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Antiplastic :: Antiplastic (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Checked :: Checked (imp. & p. p.) of Chec.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Tartan :: Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern..
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