Checked and Checking

verb

• Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.
  • usage: "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
  • synonyms: check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
• Make an examination or investigation.
  • usage: "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"
  • synonyms: check
• Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
  • usage: "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
  • synonyms: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
• Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
  • usage: "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • synonyms: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
• Stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution.
  • usage: "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
  • synonyms: check
• Put a check mark on or near or next to.
  • usage: "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
  • synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick
• Slow the growth or development of.
  • usage: "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
  • synonyms: check, retard, delay
• Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection.
  • usage: "These stories don't check"
  • synonyms: check, check out
• Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
  • usage: "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
  • synonyms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
• Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey.
  • synonyms: check
• Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control.
  • usage: "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained"
  • synonyms: discipline, train, check, condition
• Consign for shipment on a vehicle.
  • usage: "check your luggage before boarding"
  • synonyms: check
• Hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping.
  • usage: "Check your coat at the door"
  • synonyms: check
• Abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey.
  • synonyms: check
• Stop in a chase especially when scent is lost.
  • usage: "The dog checked"
  • synonyms: check
• Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.
  • synonyms: check, checker, chequer
• Decline to initiate betting.
  • synonyms: check
• Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
  • usage: "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
  • synonyms: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
• Place into check.
  • usage: "He checked my kings"
  • synonyms: check
• Write out a check on a bank account.
  • synonyms: check
• Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
  • usage: "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  • synonyms: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
• Verify by consulting a source or authority.
  • usage: "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"
  • synonyms: check
• Arrest the motion (of something) abruptly.
  • usage: "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"
  • synonyms: check
• Make cracks or chinks in.
  • usage: "The heat checked the paint"
  • synonyms: check, chink
• Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
  • usage: "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • synonyms: crack, check, break

adjective

• Patterned with alternating squares of color.
  • synonyms: checkered, chequered