Anagrams Of Match
Definition of match
- n. - 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.
- 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. - A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine
superiority; an emulous struggle.
- v. - A matrimonial union; a marriage.
- v. - An agreement, compact, etc.
- v. - A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- v. - Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- v. - Suitable combination or bringing together; that which
corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and
curtains are a 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. t. - To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with;
to rival successfully; to equal.
- 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. t. - To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
- 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 make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
or suit (one thing to another).
- v. t. - To marry; to give in marriage.
- 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.
- v. i. - To be united in marriage; to mate.
- v. i. - To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or
quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
Syllable Information
The word match is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for match is: match