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.
Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
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.
To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
To throw an object or person from a great height.
To send violently into a certain state or condition.
To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
To fall headlong.
With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.
headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
Very steep; precipitous.
a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution
a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action