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check

English

  1. 🔊 the act of inspecting or verifying
    “they made a check of their equipment”
  2. 🔊 (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
  3. 🔊 obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
  4. 🔊 a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
    “she wore a skirt with checks”
  5. 🔊 a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
  6. 🔊 the bill in a restaurant
    “he asked the waiter for the check”
  7. 🔊 a written order directing a bank to pay money
    “he paid all his bills by check”
  8. 🔊 the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
    “his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper”
  9. 🔊 an appraisal of the state of affairs
    “they made an assay of the contents”
  10. 🔊 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”
  11. 🔊 the state of inactivity following an interruption
    “the negotiations were in arrest”
  12. 🔊 additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
    “fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory”
  13. 🔊 something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  14. 🔊 make cracks or chinks in
    “The heat checked the paint”
  15. 🔊 arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
    “He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve”
  16. 🔊 slow the growth or development of
    “The brain damage will retard the child's language development”
  17. 🔊 examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
    “check the brakes”
  18. 🔊 put a check mark on or near or next to
    “Please check each name on the list”
  19. 🔊 verify by consulting a source or authority
    “check the spelling of this word”
  20. 🔊 write out a check on a bank account
  21. 🔊 place into check
    “He checked my kings”
  22. 🔊 hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
    “Arrest the downward trend”
  23. 🔊 decline to initiate betting
  24. 🔊 mark into squares or draw squares on
  25. 🔊 stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
    “She checked for an instant and missed a step”
  26. 🔊 stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
    “The dog checked”
  27. 🔊 abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
  28. 🔊 hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
    “Check your coat at the door”
  29. 🔊 consign for shipment on a vehicle
    “check your luggage before boarding”
  30. 🔊 make an examination or investigation
    “check into the rumor”
  31. 🔊 block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
  32. 🔊 be verified or confirmed
    “These stories don't check!”
  33. 🔊 become fractured
    “The glass cracked when it was heated”
  34. 🔊 be careful or certain to do something
    “He verified that the valves were closed”
  35. 🔊 find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    “I want to see whether she speaks French”
  36. 🔊 develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice
    “Parents must discipline their children”
  37. 🔊 be compatible, similar or consistent
    “The two stories don't agree in many details”
  38. 🔊 lessen the intensity of
    “moderate your alcohol intake”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 chequeo check
  2. 🔊 jaque check
  3. 🔊 chequear to check
  4. 🔊 jaquear to check
  5. 🔊 acotar to check, validate
  6. 🔊 reglar to check, to correct
  7. 🔊 freno check, restraint (control, limit, or stop)
  8. 🔊 comprobar to check, to check on, to check out, to see, to check to see (examine)
  9. 🔊 comprobación check, checking, verification, ascertainment, crosscheck (act of inspecting or verifying)

Similar words

checkout check-out procedure bridle curb chip hindrance hinderance deterrent impediment balk baulk handicap assay confirmation verification substantiation chit tab check mark tick bank check cheque arrest halt