To inspect; to examine. • To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit). • 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). • To control, limit, or halt. • To scold or rebuke someone. • To verify or compare with a source of information. • To leave in safekeeping. • To leave with a shipping agent for shipping. • 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. • To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck. • To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting. • To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check. • To chide, rebuke, or reprove. • 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. • To make a stop; to pause. • To clash or interfere. • 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. • In randomizers, to go to and collect a possible place where an item may be.