Verb: check chek
- Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
"check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"; "check up on the brakes"; "check over the brakes"; "I'll check into it";
- check up on, look into, check out, suss out [Brit, informal], check over, go over, check into, suss [Brit, informal], sus [Brit, informal]
- Make an examination or investigation
"check into the rumour"; "check the time of the class"
- Carefully verify or confirm something
"check that all doors are locked before leaving";
- see, insure, ensure, ascertain, make sure, make certain
- Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"Check whether the train leaves on time";
- determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
- Verify by consulting a source or authority
"check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"
- Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
"These stories don't check!";
- check out
- Put a check mark on, near or next to
"Please check each name on the list";
- check off, mark, mark off, tick off [Brit, Cdn, informal], tick [Brit]
- [US] Write out a check on a bank account
"She checked the amount for her rent payment"
- Withdraw money by writing a check
"She checked out $500 from her account";
- cheque [Brit, Cdn], check out [US]
- Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
"check your anger";
- control, hold in, hold, contain, curb, moderate
- Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
"Check the growth of communism in South East Asia";
- turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
- Arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
"He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"
- Stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
"She checked for an instant and missed a step"
- Develop (a child's or animal's) behaviour by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must check their children";
- discipline, train, condition
- Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
"The defenseman checked his opponent, preventing a clear shot on goal"
- (chess) place into check
"He checked my kings"
- (card game) decline to initiate betting
"He checked, hoping to trap his opponent"
- Consign for shipment on a vehicle
"check your luggage before boarding"
- [N. Amer] Hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
"Check your coat at the door"
- (falconry) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
"The falcon checked and went after a smaller bird instead"
- Stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
"The dog checked"
- [N. Amer] Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
"He checked the tablecloth with a blue pattern";
- checker [N. Amer], chequer [Brit, Cdn]
- Make cracks or chinks in
"The heat checked the paint";
- chink
- Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The paint began to check in the heat";
- crack, break
- Slow the growth or development of
"The brain damage will check the child's language development";
- retard, delay
- Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two versions of the story don't quite check";
- match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, marry, marry up, square
- [N. Amer] A written order directing a bank to pay money
"he paid all his bills by check";
- bank check [US], cheque [Brit, Cdn]
- 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
- 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 [N. Amer, informal], bill [Brit]
- A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
"as he called the roll he put a check mark by each student's name";
- check mark, tick [Brit]
- Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress
"The high cost of tuition acted as a check to many potential students";
- hindrance, hinderance [rare], deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk [Brit], handicap
- The act of restraining power, action or limiting excess
"his common sense is a check to his quick temper";
- bridle, curb
- Obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
"The defenseman used a legal check to separate the forward from the puck"
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
"The unexpected check forced the grandmaster to rethink his strategy"
- 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, hypothesis or theory) is correct
"The experimental results provided a check on the theory";
- confirmation, verification, substantiation
- A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
"The check in the wooden table reduced its value";
- chip
- A textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
"she wore a skirt with checks"
Derived forms: checks, checking, checked
Type of: account, act, aggress, alter, analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], appraisal, assessment, attack, be, bill, bill of exchange, blemish, block, blockade, canvass, change, charge, chess move, cogent evidence, consign, crack, cut, defect, defend, develop, difficultness, difficulty, draft, draw, draw off, embarrass [archaic], examine, go, halt, hinder, hold back, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, inspection, invoice, issue, keep, keep back, make it, make out, make the grade [N. Amer], mar, mark, modify, move, obstruct, obstruction, order of payment, pass, proof, restrain, restraint, review, see, stop, study, stymie, stymy [rare], take out, verify, weave, withdraw, write out
Part of: hockey, hockey game, ice hockey
Encyclopedia: Check, Please! Bay Area