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check (ch

1. An action or influence that stops motion or expression; a restraint: Heavy rains were a check on the army's advance.

2. The condition of being stopped or held back; restraint: kept my temper in check; holding agricultural pests in check with sprays.

3. An abrupt stop in forward movement or progress; a halt.

4. The act or an instance of inspecting or testing, as for accuracy or quality; examination: the careful check of each unit before sale; gave the car an oil check.

5. A standard for inspecting or evaluating; a test.

6. A check mark.

7. A ticket or slip of identification: a baggage check.

8. A bill at a restaurant or bar.

9. Games A chip or counter used in gambling.

10. A written order to a bank to pay the amount specified from funds on deposit; a draft.

11. A small crack; a chink.

12.

a. A pattern of small squares, as on a chessboard.

b. One of the squares of such a pattern.

c. A fabric patterned with squares: a dress of pale green check.

13. Games

a. A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.

b. The position or condition of a king so attacked.

14. Sports The act of blocking or impeding an opponent in ice hockey, either with one's body or one's stick.

interj.

1. Games Used to declare that a chess opponent's king is in check.

2. Informal Used to express agreement or understanding.

v. checked, check·ing, checks

v.tr.

1. To arrest the motion of abruptly; halt: checked the flow by shutting a valve.

2. To hold in restraint; curb: check an impulse to laugh. See Synonyms at restrain.

3. To slow the growth of; retard.

4. To rebuke; rebuff.

5. To inspect so as to determine accuracy, quality, or other condition; test: checked the brakes and lights for defects; checked out the system to make sure there were no errors in the software.

6. To verify by consulting a source or authority: checked her facts before speaking; check a spelling in the dictionary.

7. To put a check mark on or next to: checked off each item on the shopping list.

8. To deposit for temporary safekeeping: checked his coat at the door.

9. To consign (luggage, for example) for shipment on a transportation vehicle: checked her bags and boarded the plane.

10. To make cracks or chinks in: Sunlight dried and checked the paint.

11. Games To move in chess so as to put (an opponent's king) under direct attack.

12. Sports To block or impede (an opposing player) in ice hockey by using one's body or one's stick.

v.intr.

1. To come to an abrupt halt; stop.

2. To agree point for point; correspond: The fingerprints checked with the ones on file.

3. To be verified or confirmed; pass inspection: The suspect's story checked out.

4. To make an examination or investigation; inquire: phoned to check on the departure time; checked into the rumor.

5. To write a check on a bank account.

6. To undergo cracking in a pattern of checks, as paint does.

7. Games To place a chess opponent's king in check.

a. To pause to relocate a scent. Used of hunting dogs.

b. To abandon the proper game and follow baser prey. Used of trained falcons.

9. Sports To block or impede an opposing player in ice hockey.

Phrasal Verbs:

check in

To register, as at a hotel.

check out

1. To settle one's bill and leave a hotel or other place of lodging.

2. To withdraw (an item) after recording the withdrawal: check out books.

3. To record and total up the prices of and receive payment for (items being purchased) at a retail store: The cashier checked out and bagged my order.

4. Slang To die.

check over

To look over; examine: The teacher checked the students' papers over.

[Middle English chek, check in chess, from Old French eschec, from Arabic shh, from Persian, king, check; see shah.]

checka·ble adj.

Word History: The words check, chess, and shah are all related. Shah, as one might think, is a borrowing into English of the Persian title for the monarch of that country. The Persian word shh was also a term used in chess, a game played in Persia long before it was introduced to Europe. One said shh as a warning when the opponent's king was under attack. The Persian word in this sense, after passing through Arabic, probably Old Spanish, and then Old French, came into Middle English as chek about seven hundred years ago. Chess itself comes from a plural form of the Old French word that gave us the word check. Checkmate, the next stage after check, goes back to the Arabic phrase shh mt, meaning "the king is dead." Through a complex development having to do with senses that evolved from the notion of checking the king, check came to mean something used to ensure accuracy or authenticity. One such means was a counterfoil, a part of a check, for example, retained by the issuer as documentation of a transaction. Check first meant "counterfoil" and then came to mean anything, such as a bill or bank draft, with a counterfoil

or eventually even without one.

check

Verb

1. to examine, investigate, or make an inquiry into

2. to slow the growth or progress of

3. to stop abruptly

4. to correspond or agree: that all checks with our data here

Noun

1. a test to ensure accuracy or progress

2. a means to ensure against fraud or error

3. a break in progress; stoppage

4. US same as cheque

5. Chiefly US & Canad the bill in a restaurant

6. a pattern of squares or crossed lines

7. a single square in such a pattern

8. Chess the state or position of a king under direct attack

9. in check under control or restraint

interj

Chiefly US & Canad an expression of agreement

See also check in, check out, etc. [Old French eschec a check at chess]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	check - a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" bank check, cheque bill of exchange, draft, order of payment - a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another bad check, bad cheque - a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds; "issuing a bad check is a form of larceny" kite - a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float kite - a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value counter check - a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals giro, giro cheque - a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office paycheck, payroll check - a check issued in payment of wages or salary certified check, certified cheque - a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment personal check, personal cheque - a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account cashier's check, cashier's cheque, treasurer's check, treasurer's cheque - a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person); "cashier's checks are as good as cash" blank cheque, blank check - a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank medicare check, medicare payment - a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care
	2.	check - an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" assay appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth double check, countercheck - something that checks the correctness of a previous check Apgar score - an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness paternity test - a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be stress test - a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
	3.	check - the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" tab, chit invoice, bill, account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
	4.	check - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" halt, stoppage, arrest, hitch, stay, stop inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive countercheck - a check that restrains another check logjam - any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"
	5.	check - additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" confirmation, substantiation, verification cogent evidence, proof - any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it" bed check - a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be crosscheck - an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources odd-even check, parity check, redundancy check - a system of checking for errors in computer functioning checksum - a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage
	6.	check - the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" check-out procedure, checkout spot check - a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning; "spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees" inspection, review - a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"
	7.	check - 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" check mark, tick mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
	8.	check - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, balk, baulk, handicap difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent" albatross, millstone - (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" bind - something that hinders as if with bonds diriment impediment - (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) drag - something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" straitjacket - anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
	9.	check - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something chip blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
	10.	check - a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks" dog's-tooth check, dogs-tooth check, dogstooth check, hound's-tooth check, houndstooth check - textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks weave - pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
	11.	check - the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" bridle, curb restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
	12.	check - obstructing an opponent in ice hockey hockey game, ice hockey, hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks obstruction - getting in someone's way crosscheck - an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) poke check - knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick
	13.	check - (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king chess move - the act of moving a chess piece discovered check - a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
Verb	1.	check - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" check off, tick off, mark off, tick, check, mark - put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
	2.	check - make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" screen, test - test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" countercheck - check a second time breathalyse, breathalyze - test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer
	3.	check - 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" insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, assure, control, see proofread, proof - read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" check off, tick off, mark off, tick, check, mark - put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" control - verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account" check - verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" double-check - check once more to be absolutely sure cross-check - check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example cinch - make sure of card - ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!" spot-check - pick out random samples for examination in order to ensure high quality verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" ascertain, find out, learn, watch, determine, see, check - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" cover - maintain a check on; especially by patrolling; "The second officer covered the top floor" verify, control - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
	4.	check - 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" curb, control, hold in, moderate, contain, hold confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" damp - restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" mortify, subdue, crucify - hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" abnegate, deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" keep back, restrain, hold back, keep - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled" train - cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine" catch - check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind" bate - moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" thermostat - control the temperature with a thermostat countercheck, counteract - oppose or check by a counteraction
	5.	check - stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" check - stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked" check - abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
	6.	check - put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" check off, tick off, mark off, tick, mark check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" receipt - mark or stamp as paid insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - 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" verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
	7.	check - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" retard, delay alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dampen - check; keep in check (a fire) detain, delay, stay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
	8.	check - be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" check out correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - 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"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
	9.	check - 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"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" gibe, jibe, match, tally, correspond, agree, fit consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" check out, check - be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" equal, be - be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" befit, beseem, suit - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" rime, rhyme - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"
	10.	check - block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey blockade, obstruct, stymie, stymy, embarrass, hinder, block - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
	11.	check - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" discipline, condition, train make grow, develop - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites groom, train, prepare - educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
	12.	check - consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding" check - hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
	13.	check - hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" check - consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding"
	14.	check - abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey falconry - the art of training falcons to hunt and return stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" check - stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
	15.	check - stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked" stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" check - stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
	16.	check - mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on checker, chequer draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
	17.	check - decline to initiate betting card game, cards - a game played with playing cards move, go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"
	18.	check - 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 South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" hold back, arrest, turn back, contain, stop cut down, cut out - intercept (a player) defend - be on the defensive; act against an attack
	19.	check - place into check; "He checked my kings" chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king aggress, attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
	20.	check - write out a check on a bank account make out, write out, issue, cut - make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
	21.	check - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" ascertain, find out, learn, watch, determine, see insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - 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" ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
	22.	check - verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - 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" verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
	23.	check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" stanch, staunch, stem, halt - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" stop - cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
	24.	check - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" chink crack, check, break - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" crack - cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
	25.	check - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" crack, break change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" chink, check - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" crack - cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" crack - break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"