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Verb: check chek- Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
"check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" - Noun: check chek- [N. Amer] A written order directing a bank to pay money
"he paid all his bills by check" - bank check [US], cheque [Brit, Cdn] - An appraisal of the state of affairs
"a check on its dependability under stress" - assay - [N. Amer] The bill in a restaurant
"he asked the waiter for the check" - chit, tab - The state of inactivity following an interruption
"held them in check" - arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage - Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- confirmation, verification, substantiation - The act of inspecting or verifying
"they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" - checkout, check-out procedure - 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 [Brit] - Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk [Brit], handicap - A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- chip - A textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
"she wore a skirt with checks" - The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- bridle, curb - Obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
Sounds like: cheque, Czech Derived forms: checks, checked, checking See also: checker Type of: account, aggress, alter, analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], appraisal, assessment, attack, be, bill, bill of exchange, blemish, block, blockade, canvas, canvass, change, charge, chess move, cogent evidence, consign, crack, cut, defect, defend, develop, difficulty, draft, draw, draw off, embarrass, equal, examine, go, halt, hinder, hold back, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, inspection, invoice, issue, keep, keep back, make grow, make out, mar, mark, modify, move, obstruct, obstruction, order of payment, proof, restrain, restraint, review, see, stop, study, stymie, stymy, take out, verify, weave, withdraw, write out Part of: hockey, hockey game, ice hockey Encyclopedia: Check Check, Please Check, Please! |