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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: check - checkering</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="check"> check, verb, noun, adjective, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to stop suddenly. Ex. The boys checked their steps when they heard the floor squeak under their feet. <DD> 2a. to hold back; control; restrain. Ex. to check a forest fire; (Figurative.) to check one's anger or a laugh. <DD> b. to repel or reverse. Ex. to check an enemy attack. <DD> c. to reprimand. <DD> 3. to prove true or right by comparing or examining. Ex. Check your watch with the village clock. Check your answers with mine. <DD> 4. to mark (something examined or compared) with a check. Ex. How many answers did the teacher check as wrong? <DD> 5. to leave or take for safekeeping. Ex. I checked my hat at the door. The hotel checked our baggage. <DD> 6. (U.S.) to send (baggage) on a traveler's ticket to a particular place. Ex. I shall check my bag through to Chicago. <DD> 7. to mark in a pattern of squares or crossing lines. <DD> 8. to plant in checkrows. <DD> 9. (Chess.) to put (an opponent's king) in immediate danger. A king in this position must be moved or the threatening piece must be blocked off or removed. <DD> 10. (Hockey.) to interfere with the advance of (an opponent or the puck) with the body or stick. <DD>v.i. 1. to be exactly alike when compared, usually with a duplicate or the original. Ex. The two copies check. <DD> 2. to examine something to discover facts or prove true or right. Ex. to check on a statement. Employers like to check on the past experience of applicants. (SYN) investigate. <DD> 3. (U.S.) to crack or split along crossing lines, as timber or a painted surface. <DD> 4. (Chess.) to move so that the opponent's king is in immediate danger. <DD> 5. (U.S.) to write a check; draw a check. <DD> 6. (Hunting.) (of the hounds) to stop because the scent is lost or in order to make sure of it. <DD> 7. (Cards.) to pass one's turn in the betting. <DD>noun 1. a sudden stop. Ex. The storm warning put a check to our plans for a boat ride. (SYN) stoppage. <DD> 2. a holding back; control; restraint. Ex. to keep a check on a child. <DD> 3. any person, thing, or event that controls or holds back action. A rein used to prevent a horse from lowering his head is a check. (SYN) restriction, curb, bridle, obstruction, obstacle, hindrance. <DD> 4. a rebuff; repulse; reverse. <DD> 5. the act of proving or the condition of being a proof by comparing. Ex. My work will be a check on yours. <DD> 6. a means or guide to ensure truth or rightness. <DD> 7. a test or controlled observation, as of a product. <DD> 8. a mark to show that something has been examined or compared; check mark. Usually this mark indicates that the thing is true or right. Sometimes, as on examinations, it indicates something false or wrong. Ex. The teacher put a check beside the correct answers. <DD> 9. a ticket or token given in return for a coat, hat, baggage, package, or the like, left for safekeeping, to show ownership or the right to claim again later. Ex. Give your check to the man in the checkroom when you want your coat. (SYN) tag, coupon. <DD> 10. Also, (especially British,) cheque. a written order directing a bank to pay money to the person named. Ex. We pay most of our bills by check. <DD> 11. a written statement of the amount owed in a restaurant. Ex. When we finished eating, we asked the waitress for the check. <DD> 12a. a pattern made of squares. Ex. Do you want a check or a stripe for your new dress? <DD> b. a single one of these squares. Ex. the checks in this dress are big. <DD> c. a fabric having such a pattern. <DD> 13a. (U.S.) a crack; split. <DD> b. imperfection in glass. <DD> 14. (Chess.) <DD> a. the position of an opponent's king when it is in immediate danger. A king in this position must be moved or the threatening piece must be blocked off or removed. <DD> b. a move putting the opponent's king in this position. Ex. a series of checks. <DD> 15. (U.S.) a counter used in card games or gambling games, such as a chip in poker or faro. <DD> 16. a notch or rabbet by which one stone is fitted to another in masonry. <DD> 17. (Ice Hockey.) an interfering with the progress of an opponent or his possession of the puck. <DD> 18. a blocking with the body in the game of Rugby. <DD>adj. 1. used in checking. <DD> 2. marked in a pattern of squares. <DD>interj. 1. (Chess.) a call warning that the opponent's king is in danger and must be moved or protected. <DD> 2. (Informal.) OK; all right. expr. check at, <DD> a. (Obsolete.) to stop short at. Ex. A true friend should not check at the hazard of a life (Beaumont and Fletcher). <DD> b. (of the falcon) to forsake the prey and fly after (base) game, especially after some chance bird that crosses the path of flight. Ex. She checked first at one bird, then at the other (Richard F. Burton). expr. check in, <DD> a. to arrive and register at a hotel, motel, or other place where an appointment must be made or kept or where one's presence must be made known. Ex. We checked in and were then shown to our rooms. The salesman checked in at the convention and then went out to dinner. <DD> b. (Slang.) to die. expr. check off, to mark, especially on a list, as finished, acceptable, or requiring no further attention. Ex. to check off the items of a bill, to check off the names of applicants. expr. check out, <DD> a. (Especially U.S.) to pay one's bill at a hotel or motel when leaving or otherwise notify a person in charge of a register that one is leaving. Ex. We loaded the car while Father checked out at the desk. <DD> b. to inspect or examine to see if (something) is in proper order or condition. Ex. The mechanic checked out the plane before take-off. <DD> c. to prove right or true; substantiate. Ex. to check out a fact or statement. <DD> d. (Slang.) to die. expr. check up, (U.S.) to examine or compare to prove true or correct. Ex. If you are not sure, you ought to check up on the facts. expr. hand in one's checks, (Slang.) to die. Ex. Beneath this tree lies the body of J. O. who ... handed in his checks on the 7th December, 1850 (Bret Harte). expr. in check, <DD> a. held back; controlled. Ex. He held his temper in check. <DD> b. (Chess.) (of a king) attacked by an opposing piece. Ex. When your king is attacked by any piece he is said to be in check (Hardy and Ware). expr. keep a check on, <DD> a. to restrain. Ex. One policeman tried to keep a check on the brawling men while the other rushed out for help. <DD> b. to keep a watch on; keep tabs on. Ex. The [parole] Association is not only concerned with constructive aftercare, but also with the time-consuming task of merely keeping a check on a man's whereabouts (Observer). adj. checkable. </DL> <A NAME="checkage"> checkage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a checking, as of items in a list. <DD> 2. the items checked. </DL> <A NAME="checkbook"> checkbook, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of blank checks on a bank, usually with record stubs or a check register. </DL> <A NAME="checkbookjournalism"> checkbook journalism,<DL COMPACT><DD> the payment of large sums of money to public figures for exclusive journalistic interviews. </DL> <A NAME="checked"> checked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. marked in a pattern of squares; checkered. <DD> 2. (Phonetics.) <DD> a. (of a syllable) closed. <DD> b. (of a vowel) occurring in a closed syllable. </DL> <A NAME="checker"> checker (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to mark in a pattern of squares of different colors. <DD> 2. to mark off with patches different from one another. Ex. (Figurative.) The ground under the trees was checkered with sunlight and shade. (SYN) variegate, mottle. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to diversify; break up. Ex. checkered with contradictions. <DD>noun 1a. a pattern of squares of different colors. <DD> b. one of these squares. <DD> 2. one of the flat, round pieces used in the game of checkers. <DD> 3. =service tree. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) a checkerboard. </DL> <A NAME="checker"> checker (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who checks, verifies, or inspects. <DD> 2. (U.S.) a cashier in a self-service store or market. <DD> 3. a person who checks baggage, hats, and coats. </DL> <A NAME="checkerberry"> checkerberry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. the bright-red berry of the American wintergreen plant. <DD> b. the plant. <DD> 2. =partridgeberry. </DL> <A NAME="checkerbloom"> checkerbloom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wild plant of the mallow family, native to California, also cultivated in gardens. </DL> <A NAME="checkerboard"> checkerboard, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a board marked in a pattern of 64 squares of two alternating colors, used in playing checkers or chess; chessboard. <DD>v.t. to arrange, divide, or mark off into a pattern resembling a checkerboard. </DL> <A NAME="checkered"> checkered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. marked in a pattern of squares of different colors. Ex. a checkered tablecloth. <DD> 2. marked in patches. (SYN) variegated, dappled. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) often changing; varied; irregular. Ex. a checkered career. (SYN) unstable. </DL> <A NAME="checkeredadder"> checkered adder, =milk snake.</DL> <A NAME="checkering"> checkering, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the decorative carving on the wooden stock of a sporting rifle. </DL> <A HREF="checkers.dic">NEXT</A>