VERB
  • Definition - To inspect; to examine.
  • Example - Check the oil in your car once a month.
  • Definition - To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
  • Example - Check the oil in your car once a month.
  • Definition - (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).
  • Example - Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).
  • Synonyms - check off cross off strike off tick tick off
  • Definition - To control, limit, or halt.
  • Example - Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
  • Synonyms - curtail restrain
  • Definition - To verify or compare with a source of information.
  • Example - Check your data against known values.
  • Definition - To leave in safekeeping.
  • Example - Check your hat and coat at the door.
  • Definition - To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
  • Example - Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
  • Definition - To 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.
  • Example - He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
  • Definition - To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
  • Example - The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.
  • Synonyms - attack tackle trap
  • Definition - To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
  • Example - Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  • Definition - To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
  • Example - Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  • Definition - To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
  • Example - Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  • Definition - To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
  • Example - Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  • Definition - To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
  • Example - Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  • Definition - To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
  • Definition - To make a stop; to pause; with at.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
  • Definition - To clash or interfere.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
  • Definition - To act as a curb or restraint.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
  • Definition - To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
VERB
  • Definition - To mark with a check pattern.
  • Example - The sun checks timber.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
  • Example - a checked tie
  • Definition - Of syllables, having a coda.
  • Example - a checked tie
  • Definition - Of consonants, glottalized.
  • Example - a checked tie
  • Definition - Verified or validated in some way.
  • Example - a computer program using checked arithmetic
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
checked 19
5 Letter Words
check 16 cheek 14 eched 11
4 Letter Words
heck 13 deck 11 deke 9 eche 9 eked 9 heed 8 cede 7
3 Letter Words
edh 7 eek 7 eke 7 cee 5 dee 4
2 Letter Words
eh 5 he 5 de 3 ed 3
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