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▸ noun:  An inspection or examination.
▸ noun:  A control; a limit or stop.
▸ noun:  (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
▸ noun:  (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
▸ noun:  (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
▸ noun:  (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
▸ noun:  (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
▸ noun:  A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
▸ noun:  A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
▸ noun:  A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
▸ noun:  (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
▸ noun:  A small chink or crack.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
▸ verb:  (transitive, 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).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
▸ verb:  (street basketball, transitive) 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.
▸ verb:  (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
▸ verb:  (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
▸ verb:  (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
▸ verb:  To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
▸ verb:  To act as a curb or restraint.
▸ verb:  (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
▸ noun:  (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
▸ noun:  Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
▸ adjective:  (heraldry, rare, possibly only as a printing error) Checky, i.e. chequy.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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