Synonyms of the word

cheque

• n. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Britain) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person…

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

draft

• n. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something…
• n. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
• n. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
• n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline.
• n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's…
• n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
• n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
• n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow.
• n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
• n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
• n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
• n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
• n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
• n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
• n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the…
• v. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
• v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
• v. To write a law.
• v. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
• v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
• v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
• v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage…
• v. To draw out; to call forth. See draft.
• v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
• adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

withdraw

• v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
• v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
• v. (intransitive) To retreat.
• v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.