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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr & vb n. {checking}.] 1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. 2. To put a sudden restraint upon to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. 3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as to check an account; to check baggage. 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 6. To make checks or chinks in to cause to crack; as the sun checks timber. Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF eschec, F. ['e]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl ['e]checs chess, through AR., fr Pers. sh[=a]h king. See {Shah}, and cf {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Check \Check\, v. i. To make a stop; to pause; -- with at The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after --Locke. 2. To clash or interfere. [R.] --Bacon. 3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me --Dryden. 4. To crack or gape open as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc 5. (Falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Check \Check\, a. Checkered; designed in checks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, or {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: check n 1: a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" [syn: {bank check}, {cheque}] 2: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" [syn: {assay}, {test}] 3: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: {chit}, {tab}] 4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire stay in his room" [syn: {arrest}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop}, {stoppage}] 5: additional proof that something that was believed is true; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: {confirmation}, {verification}, {substantiation}] 6: the act of stopping (usually stopping motion); "the heart was in arrest"; "war caused a check in the company's growth"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" [syn: {arrest}, {stay}] 7: the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" [syn: {checkout}, {check-out procedure}] 8: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" [syn: {check mark}] 9: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: {crack}, {chip}] 10: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: {bridle}, {curb}] 11: obstructing an opponent in ice hockey 12: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king v 1: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" [syn: {check up on}, {look into}, {check out}, {suss out}, {check over}, {go over}, {check into}] 2: make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" 3: be careful or certain to do something make certain of something "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: {see}, {insure}, {see to it}, {ensure}, {control}, {ascertain}, {assure}] 4: lessen the intensity of temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake" "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: {control}, {hold in}, {hold}, {contain}, {curb}, {moderate}] 5: stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" 6: put a check mark on or next to "Please check each name on the list" [syn: {check off}, {mark}, {mark off}, {tick off}] 7: slow the growth or development of [syn: {retard}] 8: be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" [syn: {check out}] 9: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" [syn: {match}, {fit}, {correspond}, {jibe}, {gibe}, {tally}, {agree}] [ant: {disagree}] 10: block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey 11: train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children" [syn: {discipline}, {train}, {condition}] 12: consign for shipment on a vehicle, as of luggage; "check your luggage before boarding" 13: hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" 14: abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons 15: stop in a chase esp. when scent is lost; "The dog checked" 16: mark into squares or draw squares on draw crossed lines on [syn: {checker}, {chequer}] 17: decline to initiate betting, in poker 18: hold back as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement" [syn: {turn back}, {arrest}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}] 19: place into check in a game of chess; "He checked my kings" 20: write out a check on a bank account 21: find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will react" [syn: {determine}, {find out}, {see}, {ascertain}, {watch}, {learn}] 22: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}] 23: verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" 24: arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" 25: make cracks or chinks in "The heat checked the paint" [syn: {chink}] 26: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: {crack}, {break}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: check n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps. E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error. Recorded here because the word often humorously extended to non-technical problems. For example, the term `child check' has been used to refer to the problems caused by a small child who is curious to know what happens when s/he presses all the cute buttons on a computer's console (of course, this particular problem could have been prevented with {molly-guard}s).
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