matches

A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

“My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.”

Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.

Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

“He knew he had met his match.”

A marriage.

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Suitability.

Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

“The carpet and curtains are a match.”

An agreement or compact.

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.

To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

“Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.”

To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

“His interests didn't match her interests.”

To make a successful match or pairing.

“They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.”

To equal or exceed in achievement.

“She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.”

To unite in marriage, to mate.

To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

“to match boards”

A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

“He struck a match and lit his cigarette.”