"Check" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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.
A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest;
stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle,
guard, restraint, or rebuff.
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.
To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his
king, in check; to put in check.
A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as
therein stated. See Bank check, below.
The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other
birds.
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.
Checkered; designed in checks.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the
sun checks timber.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in
small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly
extended.
To act as a curb or restraint.
To clash or interfere.
Small chick or crack.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to
hinder; to repress; to curb.
To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after
other birds.
He looked at me then, his deep golden eyes meeting mine, and I saw a heat in them that I felt reflecting in my own.
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What did one skunk say to another?And so do you!
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
Read the complete definitionRendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
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Read the complete definitionagíl-agilón - Stunted, kept back or checked in growth, underdeveloped.
Read the complete definitionAlleviation; abatement; check.
Read the complete definitionA remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Read the complete definitionTending to check vomiting.
Read the complete definitionOpposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Read the complete definitionAny medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Read the complete definitionPreventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
Read the complete definitionChecking or preventing suppuration.
Read the complete definitionTo stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to …
Read the complete definitionA stoppage or check.
Read the complete definitionA medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
Read the complete definitionatipúlong - Short and twisted, checked in growth, diseased (of hair). Atipúlong nga bohók. Short and twisted (diseased) hair. Panggabúta …
Read the complete definitionTo be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the …
Read the complete definitionA check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Read the complete definitionTo check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
Read the complete definitionTo check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Read the complete definitionThe process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
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