Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {checking}.]
   1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece,
      esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

   2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to
      hinder; to repress; to curb.

            So many clogs to check and retard the headlong
            course of violence and oppression.    --Burke.

   3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark,
      token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a
      mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or
      a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an
      account; to check baggage.

   4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

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

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

   6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the
      sun checks timber.

   Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder;
        impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove;
        rebuff.