Definition of check

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Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

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Checker :: Checker (n.) To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity..
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.
Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
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..
Freck :: Freck (v. t.) To checker; to diversify.
Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..
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..
Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
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