All check synonyms
check
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- rein in β control, restrain
- slow down β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- try out β to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- hold up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
noun check
- tick β a score or account.
- inspection β the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- assessment β An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
- trial β German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- investigation β the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- analysis β Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- checkup β A checkup is a medical examination by your doctor or dentist to make sure that there is nothing wrong with your health.
- inquiry β a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- research β to make researches; investigate carefully.
- poll β polly.
- rein β Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- scrutiny β a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- safeguard β something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- buttress β Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- constraint β A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- damper β A damper is a small sheet of metal in a fire, boiler, or furnace that can be moved to increase or reduce the amount of air that enters.
- disappointment β Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- frustration β act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- grunt β to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- holdup β a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- inhibition β the act of inhibiting.
- limitation β a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- rejection β the act or process of rejecting.
- restrainer β a person or thing that restrains.
- reversal β an act or instance of reversing.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- setback β Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- checkerboard β A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
- patchwork β something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- plaid β any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- quilt β a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- tartan β a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.