v an agreement, compact, ·etc.
2. match ·v a matrimonial union; a marriage.
3. match ·v equality of conditions in contest or competition.
4. match ·vt to oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
5. match ·vt to marry; to give in marriage.
6. match ·v a candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
7. match ·vi to be united in marriage; to mate.
8. match ·v a contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
9. match ·vt to make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).
10. match ·v a person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
11. match ·vt to be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
12. match ·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.
13. match ·vt 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.
14. match ·v suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
15. match ·vt 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.
xvi. match ·vt 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.
xvii. match ·vi to be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
xviii. 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.
xix. match ·noun anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; ·esp., 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.