English Dictionary

check

/t͡ʃɛk/

verb

To inspect; to examine. / To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

I need to check the documents before submitting them.

意味（1）

To inspect; to examine.

Check the oil in your car once a month.

意味（2）

To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

意味（3）

(US, often used with "off") 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).

Check the items on the list that interest you.

意味（4）

To control, limit, or halt.

Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

意味（5）

To verify or compare with a source of information.

Check your data against known values.

意味（6）

To leave in safekeeping.

Check your hat and coat at the door.

意味（7）

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.

意味（8）

(street basketball) 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.

He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.

意味（9）

(sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.

意味（10）

(poker) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.

Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.

意味（11）

(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

意味（12）

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

The good king, his master, will check him for it.

意味（13）

(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

意味（14）

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

意味（15）

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

The sun checks timber.

意味（16）

To make a stop; to pause; with at.

The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.

意味（17）

(obsolete) To clash or interfere.

For if it [Loue] checke once with businesse, it troubleth Mens fortunes.

意味（18）

To act as a curb or restraint.

It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.

意味（19）

(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

And like the haggard, check at every feather

And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.