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chequer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chequer has 1 sense
- chequer(n = noun.artifact) checker - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; Array has particulars: king
is a kind of man, piece
Verb chequer has 2 senses
- chequer(v = verb.creation) check, checker - mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on; Array is one way to draw
- chequer(v = verb.change) checker - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns; Array is one way to motley, variegate, vary
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
chequer, n. & v. (also checker)
--n.
1 (often in pl.) a pattern of squares often alternately coloured.
2 (in pl.) (usu. as checkers) US the game of draughts.
--v.tr.
1 mark with chequers.
2 variegate; break the uniformity of.
3 (as chequered adj.) with varied fortunes (a chequered career).
--n.
1 (often in pl.) a pattern of squares often alternately coloured.
2 (in pl.) (usu. as checkers) US the game of draughts.
--v.tr.
1 mark with chequers.
2 variegate; break the uniformity of.
3 (as chequered adj.) with varied fortunes (a chequered career).
Idiom
chequer-board
1 a chessboard.
2 a pattern resembling it.
1 a chessboard.
2 a pattern resembling it.
Etymology
ME f. EXCHEQUER
ROGET THESAURUS
chequer
Variegation
VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.
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