Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in British Sign Language (BSL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: make an examination or investigation
"check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class";
Within this category: breathalyze, countercheck, screen
How to sign: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";
Similiar / Same: match, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, fit
Within this category: adhere, align, answer, befit, coincide, consist, correlate, corroborate, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, parallel, pattern, resemble, rhyme, square, twin
How to sign: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The glass cracked when it was heated";
Categories: change
Within this category: crack
How to sign: a written order directing a bank to pay money
"he paid all his bills by check";
Similiar / Same: bank check, cheque
Categories: bill of exchange, draft, order of payment
Within this category: bad check, blank check, cashier's check, certified check, counter check, giro, kite, kite, medicare check, paycheck, personal check
How to sign: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?";
Similiar / Same: discipline, condition, train
Categories: develop, make grow
Within this category: mortify
How to sign: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
"fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory";
Similiar / Same: confirmation, verification, substantiation
Categories: cogent evidence, proof
Within this category: bed check, checksum, crosscheck, parity check
How to sign: put a check mark on or next to
"Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items";
Similiar / Same: check off, tick off, mark off, tick, mark
Categories: verify
Within this category: receipt
