Definition of check

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Check (a.) Checkered; designed in checks.

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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..
Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..
Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
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.
Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
Checker :: Checker (n.) To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity..
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
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