Definition of check

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Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

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Plaid :: Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland..
Antipyic :: Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.
Checkmating :: Checkmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checkmat.
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
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..
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.
Tick :: Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check..
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
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..
Congeal :: Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill..
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.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
Gingham :: Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints..
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