Check
Definition of Check
Pronunciation: chĕkt | n. | 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. | | 3. | Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. | | 2. | (Ice Hockey) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. | | 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. | | 4. | To chide, rebuke, or reprove. | | 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. | | 7. | To leave (something) in the temporary custody of another; as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door; to check one's coat at the cloakroom. | | 8. | To accept (something) for temporary custody from another; as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's coat. | | 9. | To make a checkered pattern upon. | | v. i. | 1. | To make a stop; to pause; - with at. | | 2. | To clash or interfere. | | 3. | To act as a curb or restraint. | | 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. | | a. | 1. | Checkered; designed in checks. |
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