Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

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Check :: Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..
Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Wahabee :: Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India..
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..
Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
Lactifuge :: Lactifuge (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body..
Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.
Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list..
Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
Tut :: Tut () Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
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