Sekirov Dictionary

match

/mæt͡ʃ/

noun14

  1. a competition between two players or teams to see which is stronger or better
  2. A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
  3. A small wooden stick specially treated with chemicals to produce flame upon contact with another chemical, from the frictional heat produced by striking it against a surface, or both; other similar items made from chemically-treated paper, cardboard, etc.
  4. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
  5. Equivalence; a state of correspondence; a counterpart.
  6. Suitability.
  7. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
  8. A marriage.
  9. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  10. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  11. An agreement or compact.
  12. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
  13. (no longer used) Synonym of taper, a thin stick used to transfer flame, as from tender to a candle.
  14. (no longer used) Synonym of fuse, a long wick used to transfer flame to an explosive device.

verb7

  1. To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
  2. To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
  3. To be an example of a rule or regex.
  4. To make a successful match or pairing.
  5. To equal or exceed in achievement.
  6. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
  7. (no longer used) To unite in marriage, to mate.
forms

match'd · matched · matcht · matching · matches · matcheth · matchest

Phrases with match

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