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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. patterned with alternating squares of color;
[syn: checked, checkered, chequered]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

checked \checked\ (ch[e^]kt), adj. 1. Held back from some action especially by force. Syn: curbed. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having a pattern of alternating dark and light squares in rows and columns. Syn: checkered. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked (ch[e^]kt); 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. Hence, (Ice Hockey) To obstruct the motion of an opposing player by contacting him with one's body. [1913 Webster +PJC] So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 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. Hence, To compare with an original or with some standard, to insure correctness; as, to check an account; to check with a supervisor about procedures. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. [1913 Webster] The good king, his master, will check him for it. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. [1913 Webster] 6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. [1913 Webster] 7. To leave (something) in the temporary custody of another; as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door; to check one's coat at the cloakroom. [PJC] 8. To accept (something) for temporary custody from another; as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's coat. [PJC] 9. To make a checkered pattern upon. [PJC] Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

checked adj 1: patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: checked, checkered, chequered]