- (v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- (v.t.) To make or procure the equal of or that which is exactly similar to or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
- (v.t.) To fit together or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
- (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily or remains burning some time; especially, a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
- (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- (v.t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
- (v.t.) To marry; to give in marriage.
- (v.t.) To make equal, proportionate or suitable; to adapt, fit or suit (one thing to another).
- (v.i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.
- (v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.
- (v.) An agreement, compact, etc.
- (v.) A contest to try strength or skill or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
- (v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
- (v.t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with or in opposition to, as equal.
- (v.i.) To be of equal or similar, size, figure, color or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
- (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
- (v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
- (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest or the like.
- (v.t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
- Alternative of race.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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