transitive. To quench, allay, satisfy (thirst, hunger, desire, etc.); also, to repress, extinguish (appetite, hatred, anger, etc.). Obsolete.

To cause to stop; to stop the course of. motion, course, pace; growth, decay, etc.

figurative.

transitive. To stop, check; to dam up (a stream, or the like).

To stop, arrest, delay, prevent (an action or process, something which is begun or intended). Frequently in legal parlance.

transitive. To check (a person) in speaking; to interrupt sharply, esp. with an expression of dissent or disapproval; to rebuke, reprove, or…

transitive. To repress, to curb; to lessen the vigour or activity of (the mind, body, spirits, etc.); to stop, thwart (a person, action, etc.). rare…

To stop or check the action or movement of (something) temporarily; to hold in suspense; †to hold back from.

transitive. Originally: to check or destroy the growth of (a plant), as by the physical removal of a bud or the like, or through the action of cold…

To check or arrest by counteraction.

to nip in the bud: to suppress, check, or destroy, esp. at an early stage. Formerly also †to nip in the bloom, etc. (obsolete).

transitive. to clip the wings of: literal to cut (a bird's) wings short so as to disable it from flight; hence, to check any one's aspirations or…

To give a decisive or final check to (something). Obsolete.

transitive. To check (a hound) by a cord or leash; hence gen. to hold back, restrain, retard, encumber, hinder. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. to scotch the wheels (also wheel) (of): to obstruct or block the progress of; to render inoperative or ineffective.

To render (a gun) unserviceable by driving a spike into the touch-hole; also, to block or fill up (the touch-hole) with a spike. (Cf. 1b.) Also figur…

To thrust a spoke into (a wheel, etc.) in order to check movement; figurative to block, impede, or obstruct.

transitive. To check (a person) in a course of action. Also reflexive.