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verb check Check is also a noun. 4

verb check If you check something such as a piece of information or a document, you make sure that it is correct or satisfactory. 3

verb check If you check on someone or something, you make sure they are in a safe or satisfactory condition. 3

verb check If you check something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a mark, like a V with the right side extended, next to it to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with. 3

verb check To check something, usually something bad, means to stop it from spreading or continuing. 3

verb check If you check yourself or if something checks you, you suddenly stop what you are doing or saying. 3

verb check When you check your luggage at an airport, you give it to an official so that it can be taken on to your plane. 3

verb check To check in your luggage means the same as to check it. 3

countable noun check The check in a restaurant is a piece of paper on which the price of your meal is written and which you are given before you pay. 3

convention check In a game of chess, you say check when you are attacking your opponent's king. 3

countable noun check A pattern of squares, usually of two colours, can be referred to as checks or a check. 3

noun check A check is the same as a cheque. 3

verb check to pause or cause to pause, esp abruptly 3

verb check to restrain or control 3

verb check to slow the growth or progress of; retard 3

verb check to rebuke or rebuff 3

verb check to examine, investigate, or make an inquiry into (facts, a product, etc) for accuracy, quality, or progress, esp rapidly or informally 3

verb check to mark off so as to indicate approval, correctness, or preference 3

verb check to correspond or agree 3

verb check to leave in or accept (clothing or property) for temporary custody 3

verb check to place (an opponent's king) in check 3

verb check to mark with a pattern of squares or crossed lines 3

verb check to crack or cause to crack 3

verb check to impede (an opponent) 3

verb check (of hounds) to pause in the pursuit of quarry while relocating a lost scent 3

verb check to change from one quarry to another while in flight 3

verb check to decline the option of opening the betting in a round of poker 3

noun check a break in progress; stoppage 3

noun check a restraint or rebuff 3

noun check a person or thing that restrains, halts, etc 3

noun check (as modifier) 3

noun check a control, esp a rapid or informal one, designed to ensure accuracy, progress, etc 3

noun check a means or standard to ensure against fraud or error 3

noun check the bill in a restaurant 3

noun check a ticket or tag used to identify clothing or property deposited for custody 3

noun check a pattern of squares or crossed lines 3

noun check a single square in such a pattern 3

noun check fabric with a pattern of squares or crossed lines 3

noun check the state or position of a king under direct attack, from which it must be moved or protected by another piece 3

noun check a small crack, as one in veneer or one that occurs in timber during seasoning 3

noun check part of the action of a piano that arrests the backward motion of a hammer after it has struck a string and holds it until the key is released 3

noun check a chip or counter used in some card and gambling games 3

noun check a pause by the hounds in the pursuit of their quarry owing to loss of its scent 3

noun check a ratchet fitted to a fishing reel to check the free running of the line 3

noun check the act of impeding an opponent with one's body or stick 3

exclamation check a call made to an opponent indicating that his or her king is in check 3

exclamation check an expression of agreement 3

noun check a sudden stop; abrupt halt 3

noun check any restraint or control put upon action 3

noun check a person or thing that restrains or controls 3

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