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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Check :: Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Counterchecked :: Counterchecked (imp. & p. p.) of Counterchec.
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
Faser :: Faser (n.) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Avail :: Avail (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Stalemate :: Stalemate (n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Snub :: Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..
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..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..
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..
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.
Freak :: Freak (v. t.) To variegate; to checker; to streak.
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