Definition of check

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Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

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Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent..
Control :: Control (n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register..
Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
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..
Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
Antiplastic :: Antiplastic (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
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