To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
Influence or authority over something.
A control group or control experiment.
A checkpoint along an audax route.
A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
To prevent from showing any visible change.
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
(of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
To cause someone to become motionless.
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
To be affected by extreme cold.
(of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
A period of intensely cold weather.
A halt of a regular operation.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.