Definition of check

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Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

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Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
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..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
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..
Plaid :: Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin..
Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Tut :: Tut () Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
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..
Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..
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..
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (a.) Tending to check vomiting.
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