To act as a curb or restraint.
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 make a stop; to pause; with at.
To mark with a check pattern.
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.
A control; a limit or stop.
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.
Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
To hit the ball with a drive.
To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
To move forcefully.
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
To operate (an aircraft).
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
To cause animals to flee out of.
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
To cause to become.
To compel (to do something).
To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
To be the dominant party in a sex act.
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
Desire or interest.
A stroke made with a driver.
An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
A driveway.
A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
A straight level shot or pass.
An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
A type of public roadway.
A ball struck in a flat trajectory.