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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Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Checkering :: Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checke.
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..
Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..
Stoppage :: Stop-over (a.) Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i..
Chequer :: Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..
Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..
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..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list..
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Checkmated :: Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmat.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
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