To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
To save (a shot).
To force away by means of a repulsive force.
To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
To check; to reprimand.
To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
To sob with convulsions.
To stub out (a cigarette etc).
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
A deliberate affront or slight.
A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
Conspicuously short.
Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.