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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Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Cheque :: Cheque (n.) See Check.
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..
Checking :: Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chec.
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent..
Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..
Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Checkerberry :: Checkerberry (n.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Snib :: Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..
Counterchecking :: Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchec.
Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick..
Check :: Check (a.) Checkered; designed in checks.
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A pattern in checks; a single check.
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