Definition of check

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Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

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Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Congeal :: Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..
Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..
Snib :: Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.
Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement..
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..
Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..
Blink :: Blink (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
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..
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