Check is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CHECK in dictionary:

VERB:
• to inspect
• examine (somsething) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something
• verify the accuracy of something by comparing it with (something else)
• agree or correspond when compared.
• look at; take notice of
• stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable)
• provide a means of preventing
• (of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are travelling
• deposit (a coat, bag, or other item) for temporary safekeeping in the cloakroom of a restaurant, theatre, etc.
• mark or click on (a box) in order to select a particular option on a form, questionnaire, etc.
• move a piece or pawn to a square where it attacks (the opposing king)
• (in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead.
• (of a hound) pause to make sure of or regain a scent.
• (of a trained hawk) abandon the intended quarry and fly after other prey.
• examine or investigate
• To make a move which puts an adversary\'s piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
• To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
• 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.
• To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
• To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
• To clash or interfere.
• To act as a curb or restraint.
• To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
• make an examination or investigation
• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
• stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
• put a check mark on or near or next to
• slow the growth or development of
• be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
• develop (children\'s) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
• consign for shipment on a vehicle
• hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
• abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
• stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
• mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
• decline to initiate betting
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
• place into check
• write out a check on a bank account
• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• verify by consulting a source or authority
• arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
• make cracks or chinks in
• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
• verify or establish to one's satisfaction
• curb or control (one's feelings or reaction)
• hamper or neutralize (an opponent) with one's body or stick.
NOUN:
• an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition
• a stopping or slowing of progress
• a means of control or restraint
• a temporary loss of the scent in hunting.
• the movement made by a hawk when it abandons its intended quarry and pursues other prey.
• the bill in a restaurant
• a token of identification for left luggage.
• a counter used as a stake in a gambling game.
• a part of a piano which catches the hammer and prevents it retouching the strings.
• a crack or flaw in timber.
• a pattern of small squares
• a garment or fabric with a pattern of small squares
• 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 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.
• A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
• 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.
• The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• Small chick or crack.
• a written order directing a bank to pay money
• an appraisal of the state of affairs
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
• the act of inspecting or verifying
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
• a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
• the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
• obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
• (chess) a direct attack on an opponent\'s king
• control designed to ensure accuracy
• an act of hampering or neutralizing an opponent with one's body or stick.
• a move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king and by which the king may be checkmated.
INTERJECTION:
• expressing assent or agreement.
• used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check.
ADJECTIVE:
• having a checked pattern
• Checkered; designed in checks.

Words related to CHECK

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Words that contain CHECK

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How to use CHECK in a sentence

• By the way, auntie, I want to return that check you sent me.
• As representatives are elected every two years, the people can promptly check any attempt to maintain an unnecessarily large army in times of peace.
• He sought to check his steed, but no force he could exert had the smallest influence on it.
• Oliver mailed the check to his bank and considered what to do.
• If, however, you find that there is no suction at the end of hose examine the second check.
• When you pay your check, go out, walk around Washington Square, and come in at the private entrance.
• If they suffer a check they are hard to bring round, especially the hard-wooded kinds.
• Higgs, who was a round-shouldered, infirm old woman in a brown dress, a black-and-white check shawl, and a rusty black bonnet.
• To-morrow, if Reynolds deigned to appear with his check, he would summon Mrs.
• I am to cash your check for four thousand dollars in old bills.
• Assyria suffered serious loss of prestige on account of its inability to hold in check its northern rival.
• Some check upon this may be had, as is said elsewhere, by the general effect upon the patient.
• Pole Carew presently returned with a message from Massy that the enemy were close upon him, and that he could not keep them in check.
• But the Rameside army assembled on the ground might check an open insurrection.
• General Pando is opposed by forces sufficient to hold him in check.
• You want a heart to check your head, and a head to check your heart.
• It seemed to Jimmie Dale, for all his will power, that he could not hold himself in check, that he must move, scream out even in the torture that was passing all endurance.
• Finding, at last, that he could not, he wrote out the check and mailed it.
• Having put Lee aside, Washington rallied the broken troops, brought them into position, turned them back, and held the enemy in check.
• All we would have to do would be to hold our hunger in check until we should reach Hubbard, Ohio, where a kinsman had established a home.
• The leading chiefs of both tribes spoke in defense, pleading their inability to hold their young men in check as long as certain evil influences were at work among their people.
• We must beat them to the lakes, for water is the only thing that will check them now.
• This check seemed to let fall a barrier across a very powerful current of desire.
• They serve as check upon one another, as the party in power is responsible for the public policy of the country.
• It is for us to check that tendency and bring the continent of Europe back to the full recognition of the value of the metal as a medium of exchange.

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