What is check?

More definitions of "check":

• (noun): Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
  Synonyms: hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, handicap

• (noun): The bill in a restaurant.
  Example: "He asked the waiter for the check"
  Synonyms: chit, tab

• (noun): The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess.
  Synonyms: bridle, curb

• (verb): Stop in a chase especially when scent is lost.
  Example: "The dog checked"

• (noun): A written order directing a bank to pay money.
  Example: "He paid all his bills by check"
  Synonyms: bank check, cheque

• (verb): Abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons.

• (verb): Make an examination or investigation.
  Example: "Check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"

• (noun): The state of inactivity following an interruption.
  Example: "Held them in check"
  Synonyms: arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

• (verb): Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.
  Synonyms: checker, chequer

• (verb): Write out a check on a bank account.

• (verb): Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
  Synonyms: control, hold in, hold, contain, curb, moderate

• (verb): Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
  Example: "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"
  Synonyms: match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

• (verb): Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
  Synonyms: see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure

• (noun): (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king.

• (verb): Hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping.
  Example: "Check your coat at the door"

• (noun): An appraisal of the state of affairs.
  Example: "A check on its dependability under stress"
  Synonyms: assay

• (verb): Verify by consulting a source or authority.
  Example: "Check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"

• (verb): Place into check.
  Example: "He checked my kings"

• (verb): Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
  Example: "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"
  Synonyms: turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

• (noun): Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.
  Synonyms: confirmation, verification, substantiation

• (noun): A textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard).
  Example: "She wore a skirt with checks"

• (verb): Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.
  Example: "Check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
  Synonyms: check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into

• (noun): Obstructing an opponent in ice hockey.

• (verb): Stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution.
  Example: "She checked for an instant and missed a step"

• (verb): Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
  Example: "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  Synonyms: determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

• (verb): Decline to initiate betting.

• (noun): A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something.
  Synonyms: chip

• (verb): Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
  Synonyms: crack, break

• (verb): Consign for shipment on a vehicle.
  Example: "Check your luggage before boarding"

• (verb): Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey.

• (verb): Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control.
  Synonyms: discipline, train, condition

• (verb): Make cracks or chinks in.
  Synonyms: chink

• (noun): A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc..
  Example: "As he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"
  Synonyms: check mark, tick

• (verb): Put a check mark on or next to.
  Example: "Please check each name on the list"
  Synonyms: check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick

• (verb): Arrest the motion (of something) abruptly.
  Example: "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"

• (verb): Slow the growth or development of.
  Synonyms: retard, delay

• (verb): Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection.
  Example: "These stories don't check!"
  Synonyms: check out

Famous quotes containing the word check:

“The veto is a President’s Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a check against irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

“This fellow is wise enough to play the fool,
And to do that well craves a kind of wit.
He must observe their mood on whom he jests,
The quality of persons, and the time,
Not, like the haggard, check at every feather
That comes before his eye. This is a practice
As full of labor as a wise man’s art.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“cried as he died, fearing at last the spheres’
Last sound, the world going out without a breath:
Too proud to cry, too frail to check the tears,
And caught between two nights, blindness and death.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)