to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
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 pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
To glean.
To glean, gather up leavings.
To release; let go; unloose.
To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
To gather.
To hold a lease as a tenant.
An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
The period of such an interest.
The document containing such a contract or deed.
An open pasture or common.
The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.