Definition of check

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Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..
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..
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
Antiplastic :: Antiplastic (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation..
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement..
Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..
Counterchecked :: Counterchecked (imp. & p. p.) of Counterchec.
Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Mutage :: Mutage (n.) A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
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