Definition of check

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

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Aborted :: Aborted (a.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Checkered :: Checkered (imp. & p. p.) of Checke.
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..
Freck :: Freck (v. t.) To checker; to diversify.
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent..
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Counterchange :: Counterchange (v. t.) To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..
Chessboard :: Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove..
Stunt :: Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing..
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
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