checked

/tสƒษ›kt/

IPA: /CH EH1 K T/

verb
  1. 1

    To inspect; to examine.

    โ€œCheck the oil in your car once a month.โ€

  2. 2

    To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

  3. 3

    (often used with "off") 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).

    โ€œCheck off the items that you've checked (inspected).โ€

  4. 4

    To control, limit, or halt.

    โ€œCheck your enthusiasm during a negotiation.โ€

  5. 5

    To verify or compare with a source of information.

    โ€œCheck your data against known values.โ€

  6. 6

    To leave in safekeeping.

    โ€œCheck your hat and coat at the door.โ€

  7. 7

    To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

    โ€œCheck your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.โ€

  8. 8

    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.

    โ€œHe checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.โ€

  9. 9

    To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

    โ€œThe hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.โ€

  10. 10

    To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.

    โ€œTom didn't think he could win, so he checked.โ€

  11. 11

    To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

  12. 12

    To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

  13. 13

    To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

  14. 14

    To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

  15. 15

    To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

    โ€œThe sun checks timber.โ€

  16. 16

    To make a stop; to pause; with at.

  17. 17

    To clash or interfere.

  18. 18

    To act as a curb or restraint.

  19. 19

    To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

verb
  1. 1

    To mark with a check pattern.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having a pattern of checks; checkered.

    โ€œa checked tieโ€

  2. 2

    Of syllables, having a coda.

  3. 3

    Of consonants, glottalized.

  4. 4

    Verified or validated in some way.

    โ€œa computer program using checked arithmeticโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/check, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/checked