'Checked' definitions:
Definition of 'checked'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Checked'
From: GCIDE
- Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked (ch[e^]kt); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. Hence, (Ice Hockey) To obstruct the motion of an opposing player by contacting him with one's body. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. Hence, To compare with an original or with some standard, to insure correctness; as, to check an account; to check with a supervisor about procedures. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. [1913 Webster]
- The good king, his master, will check him for it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To leave (something) in the temporary custody of another; as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door; to check one's coat at the cloakroom. [PJC]
- 8. To accept (something) for temporary custody from another; as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's coat. [PJC]
- 9. To make a checkered pattern upon. [PJC]
- Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'checked'
From: GCIDE
- checked \checked\ (ch[e^]kt), adj.
- 1. Held back from some action especially by force.
- Syn: curbed. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. having a pattern of alternating dark and light squares in rows and columns.
- Syn: checkered. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Checked'
- Check,
- check in,
- check into,
- check off,
- check out,
- check over,
- check up on,
- checking,
- Bank check,
- Cashier's check,
- Certified check,
- Check book,
- Check hook,
- Check list,
- Check nut,
- Check valve,
- Memorandum check,
- Pass check,
- To cross a check,
- To raise a check,
- To take check,
- attendance check,
- bad check,
- banker's check,
- bed check,
- blank check,
- check bit,
- check character,
- check girl,
- check mark,
- check register,
- check stub,
- check-in,
- checked checkered,
- checking account,
- checking program,
- counter check,
- disability check,
- discovered check,
- dogstooth check,
- double check,
- health check,
- houndstooth check,
- medicare check,
- parity check,
- parity checking,
- payroll check,
- personal check,
- poke check,
- rain check,
- reality check,
- redundancy check,
- retirement check,
- spot check,
- traveler's check,
- traveller's check,
- treasurer's check,
- check overdraft credit,
- check-out procedure,
- cross-check,
- cyclic redundancy check,
- double-check,
- spot-check,
- dog's-tooth check,
- dogs-tooth check,
- hound's-tooth check,
- odd-even check