To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).transitive
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).US, often, transitive
To control, limit, or halt.transitive
To scold or rebuke someone.informal, transitive
To verify or compare with a source of information.transitive
To leave in safekeeping.transitive
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.transitive
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.transitive
To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.transitive
To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.transitive
To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.transitive
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.transitive
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.transitive
To make a stop; to pause.intransitive
To act as a curb or restraint.
To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.intransitive
In randomizers, to go to and collect a possible place where an item may be.