[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

check \check\, v. t. imp.  p. p. checked che^kt; p. pr.
    vb. n. checking.
   1. chess to make a move which puts an adversary's piece,
      esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
      1913 webster

   2. to put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to
      hinder; to repress; to curb. hence, ice hockey to
      obstruct the motion of an opposing player by contacting
      him with one's body.
      1913 webster +pjc

            so many clogs to check and retard the headlong
            course of violence and oppression.    --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. 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. hence, to
      compare with an original or with some standard, to insure
      correctness; as, to check an account; to check with a
      supervisor about procedures.
      1913 webster +pjc

   4. to chide, rebuke, or reprove.
      1913 webster

            the good king, his master, will check him for it.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. naut. to slack or ease off, as a brace which is too
      stiffly extended.
      1913 webster

   6. to make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the
      sun checks timber.
      1913 webster

   7. to leave something in the temporary custody of another;
      as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door;
      to check one's coat at the cloakroom.
      pjc

   8. to accept something for temporary custody from another;
      as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's
      coat.
      pjc

   9. to make a checkered pattern upon.
      pjc

   syn: to restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder;
        impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove;
        rebuff.
        1913 webster
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