Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

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Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..
Antipyic :: Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Ciclatoun.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
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..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Checked :: Checked (imp. & p. p.) of Chec.
Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks..
Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Avail :: Avail (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease..
Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Aborted :: Aborted (a.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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