CHECK

check, checkout, check-out procedure

(noun) the act of inspecting or verifying; “they made a check of their equipment”; “the pilot ran through the check-out procedure”

check

(noun) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent’s king

check

(noun) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

check

(noun) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); “she wore a skirt with checks”

check, chip

(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

check, chit, tab

(noun) the bill in a restaurant; “he asked the waiter for the check”

check, bank check, cheque

(noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money; “he paid all his bills by check”

check, chink

(verb) make cracks or chinks in; “The heat checked the paint”

check, retard, delay

(verb) slow the growth or development of; “The brain damage will retard the child’s language development”

check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into

(verb) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; “check the brakes”; “Check out the engine”

check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick

(verb) 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

(verb) write out a check on a bank account

check

(verb) place into check; “He checked my kings”

check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

(verb) 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”

check

(verb) decline to initiate betting

check, checker, chequer

(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

check

(verb) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; “Check your coat at the door”

check

(verb) make an examination or investigation; “check into the rumor”; “check the time of the class”

check, check out

(verb) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; “These stories don’t check!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

check (plural checks)

(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

An inspection or examination.

A control; a limit or stop.

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator.

Synonyms: tick (UK), checkmark

(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

Synonym: cheque (UK, Canada)

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

Synonyms: bill, cheque (Canada)

(contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.

A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.

A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.

(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

A small chink or crack.

Hyponyms

• bad check

• bed check

• body check

• bounce a check

• cashier's check

• counter check

• discovered check

• double check

• gut check

• hot check

• rain check

• reality check

• recheck

• revealed check

• shoulder check

• signal check

• stick check

• teller's check

• traveler's check

Etymology 2

Verb

check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)

To inspect; to examine.

To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

(US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

Synonyms: check off, tick (UK), tick off (UK), cross off, strike off

Antonym: uncheck

To control, limit, or halt.

Synonyms: curtail, restrain, Thesaurus:curb

To verify or compare with a source of information.

To leave in safekeeping.

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

(street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.

(sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

Synonyms: tackle, trap, attack

(poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.

(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

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

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

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

To make a stop; to pause; with at.

(obsolete) To clash or interfere.

To act as a curb or restraint.

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

Etymology 3

Noun

check (plural checks)

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Any fabric woven with such a pattern.

Verb

check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)

(transitive) To mark with a check pattern.

Adjective

check (not comparable)

(heraldry) Divided into small squares by transverse, perpendicular, and horizontal lines.

Proper noun

Check (plural Checks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Check is the 12229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2545 individuals. Check is most common among White (79.61%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.95%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Check, n. Etym: [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. échec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. échecs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. shah king. See Shah, and cf. Checkmate, Chess, Checker.]

1. (Chess)

Definition: 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. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. Wordsworth.

3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. Washington. A man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

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)

Definition: The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

8. Small chick or crack. Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer.

– Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank.

– Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped.

– Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked.

– Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight.

– Check valve (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water.

– To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.

Syn.

– Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.

Check, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked; p. pr. & vb. n. checking.]

1. (Chess)

Definition: To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. Burke.

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; as, to check an account; to check baggage.

4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.

5. (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Syn.

– To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.

Check, v. i.

Definition: To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.

2. To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.

3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.

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

5. (Falconry)

Definition: To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. Shak.

Check, a.

Definition: Checkered; designed in checks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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