Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

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Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..
Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..
Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with..
Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..
Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.
Checkered :: Checkered (imp. & p. p.) of Checke.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.
Plaid :: Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin..
Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
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..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
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..
Estacade :: Estacade (n.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy..
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