check
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(noun) the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" |
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Synonyms: check-out procedure, checkout |
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Related Words: examination, inspection, scrutiny |
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(noun) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
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Related Words: chess move, discovered check |
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(verb) make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" |
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Synonyms: chink |
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Related Words: crack |
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(verb) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" |
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Related Words: halt, halt, stanch, staunch, stem, stop |
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(verb) slow the growth or development of |
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Synonyms: retard |
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Related Words: alter, change, dampen, delay, detain, stay |
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(noun) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
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Related Words: crosscheck, obstruction, poke check |
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(verb) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" |
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Synonyms: check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out |
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Related Words: analyse, analyze, examine, follow, keep an eye on, observe, study, watch, watch over |
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(verb) put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list" |
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Synonyms: check off, mark, mark off, tick off |
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Related Words: receipt, verify |
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(verb) verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" |
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Related Words: verify |
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(verb) write out a check on a bank account |
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Related Words: cut, issue, make out, write out |
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(verb) place into check in a game of chess; "He checked my kings" |
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Related Words: aggress, attack |
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(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement" |
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Synonyms: arrest, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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Related Words: cut down, cut out, defend |
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(verb) decline to initiate betting, in poker |
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Related Words: go, move |
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(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on |
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Synonyms: checker, chequer |
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Related Words: draw |
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(verb) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(verb) stop in a chase esp. when scent is lost; "The dog checked" |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(verb) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(verb) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" |
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Related Words: charge, consign |
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(verb) consign for shipment on a vehicle, as of luggage; "check your luggage before boarding" |
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Related Words: charge, consign |
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(verb) make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" |
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Related Words: breathalyse, breathalyze, countercheck, examine, screen, test |
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(verb) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey |
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Related Words: block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
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(verb) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" |
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Synonyms: check out |
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(noun) the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" |
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Synonyms: chit, tab |
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Related Words: account, bill, invoice |
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(noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" |
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Synonyms: bank check, cheque |
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Related Words: bad check, bad cheque, bill of exchange, blank check, blank cheque, cashier's check, cashier's cheque, certified check, certified cheque, draft, giro, giro cheque, medicare check, medicare payment, order of payment, paycheck, payroll check, personal check, personal cheque, treasurer's check, treasurer's cheque |
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(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
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Synonyms: break, crack |
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Related Words: change, crack |
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(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
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Synonyms: ascertain, assure, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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Related Words: card, cinch, control, cover, cross-check, double-check, proof, proofread, spot-check, verify |
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(verb) censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic |
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Synonyms: bawl out, berate, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold |
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Related Words: brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, chastize, correct, criticise, criticize, objurgate, pick apart, tell off |
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(verb) find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will react" |
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Synonyms: ascertain, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
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Related Words: test |
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(noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" |
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Synonyms: bridle, curb |
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Related Words: restraint |
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(noun) the act of stopping (usually stopping motion); "the heart was in arrest"; "war caused a check in the company's growth"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" |
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Synonyms: arrest, stay |
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Related Words: stop, stoppage |
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(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
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Synonyms: chip, crack |
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Related Words: blemish, defect |
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(noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" |
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Synonyms: assay, test |
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Related Words: Apgar score, Pap test, Papanicolaou test, Snellen test, appraisal, assessment, bioassay, biopsy, skin test, stress test |
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(noun) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" |
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Synonyms: check mark |
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Related Words: mark |
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(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire stay in his room" |
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Synonyms: arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
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Related Words: deadlock, impasse, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, logjam, stalemate, standstill |
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(verb) train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children" |
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Synonyms: condition, discipline, train |
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Related Words: develop, make grow |
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(noun) additional proof that something that was believed is true; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" |
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Synonyms: confirmation, substantiation, verification |
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Related Words: bed check, cogent evidence, crosscheck, odd-even check, parity check, proof, redundant check |
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(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" |
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Synonyms: agree, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
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Related Words: accede, accord, adhere, agree, align, answer, be, bear out, befit, beseem, coincide, comply, conform to, consort, corelate, correlate, corroborate, duplicate, equal, fit, fit in, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, overlap, parallel, pattern, resemble, square, suit, support, twin, underpin |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake" "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
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Synonyms: contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
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Related Words: bate, bound, catch, confine, conquer, counteract, countercheck, curb, deny, hold back, inhibit, keep, keep back, limit, mortify, restrain, restrain, restrict, stamp down, subdue, suppress, thermostat, throttle, train, trammel |
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