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a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
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examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" see: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" control: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" match: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "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" block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey discipline: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding" a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" assay: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked" arrest: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on confirmation: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" decline to initiate betting the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" check mark: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" place into check; "He checked my kings" hindrance: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress write out a check on a bank account a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something determine: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "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" a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks" verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" bridle: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" obstructing an opponent in ice hockey (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king crack: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
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| checkerboard |
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
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| checkpoint |
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
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| checker colony |
a round, steeply elevated colony with a flat top, resembling the disk used in a game of checkers. It is frequently seen in cultures of Streptococcus pneumoniae on blood agar.
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