Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..

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Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Cheque :: Cheque (n.) See Check.
Congeal :: Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill..
Blank :: Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot..
Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
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