Definition of check

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Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

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Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..
Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Clearing :: Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Kite :: Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Wheatear :: Wheatear (n.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail..
Antiplastic :: Antiplastic (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140� F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..
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