Definitions
1.verbTo inspect; to examine."Check the oil in your car once a month."
2.verbTo verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
3.verb(often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory)."Check off the items that you've checked (inspected)."
4.verbTo control, limit, or halt."Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation."
5.verbTo verify or compare with a source of information."Check your data against known values."
6.verbTo leave in safekeeping."Check your hat and coat at the door."
7.verbTo leave with a shipping agent for shipping."Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight."
8.verbTo pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play."He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup."
9.verbTo disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck."The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck."
10.verbTo remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet."Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked."
11.verbTo make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
12.verbTo chide, rebuke, or reprove.
13.verbTo slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
14.verbTo crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
15.verbTo make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack."The sun checks timber."
16.verbTo make a stop; to pause; with at.
17.verbTo clash or interfere.
18.verbTo act as a curb or restraint.
19.verbTo turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
20.verbTo mark with a check pattern.
21.nounThe act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
22.nounA checking account."Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings."