check - English dictionary definition

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1. Check  A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
2. Check  A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
3. Check  Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.
4. Check  A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.
5. Check  A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
6. Check  A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
7. Check  The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
8. Check  Small chick or crack.
9. Check  To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
10. Check  To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.