CHECKED

To inspect; to examine.

Example: "Check the oil in your car once a month."

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

(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).

Example: "Check off the items that you've checked (inspected)."

To control, limit, or halt.

Example: "Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation."

To verify or compare with a source of information.

Example: "Check your data against known values."

To leave in safekeeping.

Example: "Check your hat and coat at the door."

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

Example: "Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight."

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.

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

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

Example: "The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck."

To remain in a hand without betting. only legal if no one has yet bet.

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

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

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

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

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

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

Example: "The sun checks timber."

To make a stop; to pause; with at.

To clash or interfere.

To act as a curb or restraint.

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

To mark with a check pattern.