- checked, curbed - held back from some action especially by force
Antonym: unrestrained (indirect, via restrained)
- checked, checkered, chequered - patterned with alternating squares of color
Antonyms: plain, unpatterned (indirect, via patterned)
- check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
--1 is one way to analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun check2, noun check6, noun checker2
The men check the area for animals
The men check for animals in the area
- check - make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"
--2 is one way to examine, see
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check5
They won't check the story
- see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure - 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"
--3 is one way to verify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun check5, noun check6
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate - 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"
--4 is one way to restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun check11
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- check - stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
--5 is one way to stop, halt
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check4
Somebody ----s
- check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick - put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
--6 is one way to verify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check7
Somebody ----s something
- check, retard, delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
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Something ----s something
- check, check out - be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check6
They won't check the story
- match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree - 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"
--9 is one way to equal, be
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Something is ----ing PP
- check - block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
--10 is one way to obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check12
The fighter managed to check his opponent
- discipline, train, check, condition - train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
--11 is one way to develop, make grow
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun check11
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- check - consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding"
--12 is one way to consign, charge
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- check - hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door"
--13 is one way to consign, charge
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun checker1
They check the cape
- check - abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons
--14 is one way to stop, halt
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Something ----s
- check - stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked"
--15 is one way to stop, halt
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Something ----s
- check, checker, chequer - mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
--16 is one way to draw
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check10
Somebody ----s something
- check - decline to initiate betting
--17 is one way to move, go
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Somebody ----s
- check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back - 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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
--18 is one way to defend
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- check - place into check; "He checked my kings"
--19 is one way to attack, aggress
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- check - write out a check on a bank account
--20 is one way to write out, issue, make out, cut
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check1
Somebody ----s
- determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn - 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"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check6
They check whether there was a traffic accident
- check - verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"
--22 is one way to verify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check6
Somebody ----s something
- check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"
--23 is one way to stop
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun check4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- check, chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
--24 is one way to crack
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check9
Something ----s something
- crack, check, break - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
--25 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun check9
Something ----s
- check - hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door"