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(eg. grace, explanation, tattoo )

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  • check  /ˈtʃɛk/ ?  a written order directing a bank to pay money

    check meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (n) a written order directing a bank to pay money
    2. (n) an appraisal of the state of affairs
    3. (n) the bill in a restaurant
    4. (n) the state of inactivity following an interruption
    5. (n) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
    6. (n) the act of inspecting or verifying
    7. (n) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
    8. (n) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
    9. (n) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
    10. (n) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
    11. (n) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
    12. (n) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
    13. (n) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
    14. (v) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
    15. (v) make an examination or investigation
    16. (v) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
    17. (v) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
    18. (v) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
    19. (v) put a check mark on or near or next to
    20. (v) slow the growth or development of
    21. (v) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
    22. (v) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    23. (v) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
    24. (v) develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
    25. (v) consign for shipment on a vehicle
    26. (v) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
    27. (v) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
    28. (v) stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
    29. (v) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
    30. (v) decline to initiate betting
    31. (v) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
    32. (v) place into check
    33. (v) write out a check on a bank account
    34. (v) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    35. (v) verify by consulting a source or authority
    36. (v) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
    37. (v) make cracks or chinks in
    38. (v) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
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    Synonym(s)

    checkout, bridle

    check usage(s) Create your Own

    1. As check cashing booms and Wal-Mart looms, banks chase a group they once ignored.
    2. But the biggest factor is that consumers have caught on to the convenience of being able to check their balance 247 and see exactly when checks clear.
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  • check bit  (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which…
  • check character  a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data…
  • check girl  a female checker
  • check in  announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports
  • check into  examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
  • check mark  a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
  • check off  put a check mark on or near or next to
  • check out  examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
  • check over  examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
  • check overdraft credit  credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts
  • check register  a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)
  • check stub  the part of a check that is retained as a record
  • check up on  examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
  • check-in  the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel)
  • check-out procedure  the act of inspecting or verifying
  • checkbook  /ˈtʃɛk ˌbʊk/ ?  a book issued to holders of checking accounts
  • checked  /ˈtʃɛkt/ ?  patterned with alternating squares of color
  • checker  /ˈtʃɛ kər/ ?  an attendant who checks coats or baggage
  • checker board  a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
  • checkerberry  creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers…
  • checkerbloom  perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also…
  • checkerboard  /ˈtʃɛ kər ˌbɔrd/ ?  a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
  • checkered  /ˈtʃɛ kərd/ ?  patterned with alternating squares of color
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