Check

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An inspection or examination.

   “I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.”

2. isim A control; a limit or stop.

   “checks and balances”

3. isim A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
4. isim A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

   “Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.”

5. isim An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

   “I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.”

6. isim A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

   “I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.”

7. isim A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

   “The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.”

8. isim A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.

   “a brass check”

9. isim A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
10. isim A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.

    “a check given for baggage”

11. isim The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
12. isim A small chink or crack.
13. fiil To inspect; to examine.

    “Check the oil in your car once a month.”

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

16. fiil To control, limit, or halt.

    “Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.”

17. fiil To scold or rebuke someone.
18. fiil To verify or compare with a source of information.

    “Check your data against known values.”

19. fiil To leave in safekeeping.

    “Check your hat and coat at the door.”

20. fiil To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

    “Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.”

21. fiil 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.”

22. fiil 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.”

23. fiil To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.

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

24. fiil To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

    “After I checked my opponent with a pawn, he resigned immediately.”

25. fiil To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

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

26. fiil To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
27. fiil To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
28. fiil To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

    “The sun checks timber.”

29. fiil To make a stop; to pause.

    “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.”

30. fiil To clash or interfere.

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