Meaning of check | Babel Free

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1. A surname.
2. An inspection or examination.
3. A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
4. An inspection or examination
5. A control; a limit or stop.
6. Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
7. A control; a limit or stop
8. To register, as at a hotel.
9. A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
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11. To look over; examine: The teacher checked the students' papers over.
12. A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
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13. in check, under restraint: to hold one's anger in check.
14. A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator
15. An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
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16. To come to a particular place:arrive, get in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up.
17. An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity
18. A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
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19. Slang. To cease living:decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb.
20. A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
21. having a pattern of check. She wore a checked skirt; Is the material checked or striped? geruit مُخَطَّط بِنَماذِج مِنَ المُرَبَّعات кариран em xadrez kostkovaný kariert ternet καρόa cuadros ruuduline شطرنجی ruudullinen à carreauxמשובץ चेक के प्रिंट वाला कपड़ा kariran kockás kotak-kotak köflóttur a quadri 格子縞模様の 체크무늬의 languotas rūtains bercorak petak-petak geruitrutet kraciasty شطرنجی em xadrez în carouri клетчатый kockovaný kariran kariran rutig ที่มีลายตารางหมากรุก kareli, damalı, ekose 有格紋...
22. A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
23. (American) a chequebook. tjekboek دَفْتَر شيكات чекова книжка livro de cheques šeková knížka das Scheckbuch checkhæfte βιβλιάριο επιταγών talonario tšekiraamat دسته چک shekkivihko carnet de chèques פִּנקַס צֵ'קִים चेकबुक čekovna knjižica csekkfüzet buku cek ávísanahefti, tékkhefti libretto degli assegni 小切手帳 수표장 čekių knygelė čeku grāmatiņa buku cek chequeboeksjekkhefteksiążeczka czekowa د چک کتابچه livro de cheques carnet de cecuri чековая книжка šeková knižka čekovna knjižica čekovna knjiži...
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24. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
25. in chess, a position from which the king cannot escape. skaakmat مَوْتُ الشّاه(في الشطرنج) шах-мат xeque-mate šachmat das Schachmatt skakmat ματjaque mate šahh ja matt مات shakkimatti échec et matמט शह और मात šahmat sakk-matt sekak mat mát scacco matto 王手詰め 외통 장군 matas mats (šahā) sekak mat schaakmatsjakkmatt mat په سترنج كې كشت ومات: ماته: ما يوسى xeque-mate. şah mat шах и мат mat šah mat šah mat schackmatt การอยู่ในตำแหน่งชนะในการเล่นหมากรุก mat (棋戲中)將死 шах і мат شطرنج میں بادشہ کی مشکل جگہ...
26. A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
27. to put (an opponent's king) in this position. skaakmat sit يُميتُ الشّاه давам мат colocar em xeque-mate dát mat Schachmatt setzen gøre skak κάνω ματ (στο σκάκι) dar jaque mate matistama مات کردن saavuttaa shakkimatti shakkipelissä faire échec et mat לַתֵת מַט विरोधी के राजा को शहमात की स्थिति में लाना dati mat. pobijediti sakk-mattot ad menyekak mat máta dare scacco matto 王手詰めにする 장군을 부르다 duoti matą pieteikt matu (šahā) menyekak schaakmat zetten gjøre sjakkmatt dać mata مات کول fazer xeque-ma...
28. The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
29. a place where payment is made for goods bought in a supermarket. betaalpunt مَكانُ الدَّفْع عَنِ البَضائِع каса caixa pokladna v obchodě die Kasse kasse ταμείο σουπερμάρκετ caja kassa محل پرداخت پول اجناس خریداری شده kassa caisseקופה पटल अदायगी odjavljivanje, odlazak pénztár kasir afgreiðsluborð/kassi cassa レジ 계산대 kasa kase kaunter bayaran kassakassekasa دخل caixa casă (de marcat într-un magazin) касса pokladňa blagajna kasa [snabbköps]kassa จุดจ่ายเงินในห้างสรรพสินค้า kasa tezgâhı 付款櫃台 каса ...
30. A small chink or crack.

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Examples

“I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.”

“checks and balances”

“The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.”

“a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity”

“Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.”

“I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.”

“I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.”

“The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.”

“Liverpool had been reduced to 10 men in the 88th minute, Ibrahima Konaté collecting a second yellow card for a check on Kai Havertz.”

“a brass check”

“[…]the statute prohibits a machine which dispenses checks or tokens for replay[…]”

“a check given for baggage”

“a return check on a railroad”

“The tablecloth had red and white checks.”

“One of her female followers, had made a very elegant piece of check. The Friend, being at her house, on a visit, the lady shewed the check to her, and as evidence of devotion to her leader, proposed presenting her with a pattern off the piece for her own use.”

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