Hypertext Webster Gateway: "checked"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{checking}.]
1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece,
esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to
hinder; to repress; to curb.

So many clogs to check and retard the headlong
course of violence and oppression. --Burke.

3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark,
token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a
mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or
a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an
account; to check baggage.

4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

The good king, his master, will check him for it.
--Shak.

5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too
stiffly extended.

6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the
sun checks timber.

Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder;
impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove;
rebuff.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

checked
adj 1: held back from some action especially by force [syn: {curbed}]
2: patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: {checkered},
{chequered}]


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