Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Checks.
6 letter answer(s) to checks
DETERS
try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
8 letter answer(s) to checks
EXAMINES
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
question closely
question or examine thoroughly and closely
PREVENTS
keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
5 letter answer(s) to checks
REINS
any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"
control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
keep in check; "rule one's temper"
one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"
stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"
STEMS
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
the tube of a tobacco pipe
7 letter answer(s) to checks
REINSIN
9 letter answer(s) to checks
RESTRAINS
hold back
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
4 letter answer(s) to checks
TABS
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs"
sensationalist journalism
the bill in a restaurant;
the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
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