अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

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.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.

To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

To clash or interfere.

To act as a curb or restraint.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

Checkered; designed in checks.

The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.

of Check

A pattern in checks; a single check.

A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.

To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

Checkerwork.

One who checks.