check vs limit

A control; a limit or stop. 

The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 

A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play. 

Any fabric woven with such a pattern. 

A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. 

A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator. 

A bill, particularly in a restaurant. 

An inspection or examination. 

A small chink or crack. 

A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood. 

An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity. 

A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified. 

A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern. 

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally. 

To inspect; to examine. 

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping. 

To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit). 

To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. 

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. 

To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check. 

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc. 

To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck. 

To chide, rebuke, or reprove. 

To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting. 

To verify or compare with a source of information. 

To leave in safekeeping. 

To control, limit, or halt. 

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). 

To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack. 

To act as a curb or restraint. 

To make a stop; to pause; with at. 

To mark with a check pattern. 

Fixed limit. 

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

Being a fixed limit game.