Word Finder - matches

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

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

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

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

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He knew he had met his match.

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A marriage.

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

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Suitability.

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Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

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Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

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A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

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The carpet and curtains are a match.

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An agreement or compact.

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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.

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To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

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

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

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His interests didn't match her interests.

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To make a successful match or pairing.

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

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To equal or exceed in achievement.

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

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To unite in marriage, to mate.

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

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to match boards

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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.

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He struck a match and lit his cigarette.

synonyms

• spunk (obsolete)

Two of the matches were missing.

There weren't enough matches and we were sort of in a hurry.

Something ominous hangs in the winter air, a darkness and trepidation that well matches my mood.

There was a pack of cigarettes and matches in her cleavage.

She matches Dusty's condo.

After fumbling in her pocket, she found a book of matches and lit the cigarette she had stuck behind her ear.

Industrially and commercially Lemberg is the most important city in Galicia, its industries including the manufacture of machinery and iron wares, matches, stearin candles and naphtha, arrack and liqueurs, chocolate, chicory, leather and plaster of Paris, as well as brewing, corn-milling and brick and tile making..

Your job is to fire colored marbles to create matches of three or more to make them vanish.

Lord's, as it is called, is the headquarters of the M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club), the governing body of the game; here are played the home matches of this club and of the Middlesex County Cricket Club, the Oxford and Cambridge, Eton and Harrow, and other well-known fixtures.

The former apply principally to successions, stamps, registrations, mortgages, &c.; the latter to distilleries, breweries, explosives, native sugar and matches, though the customs revenue and octrois upon articles of general consumption, such as corn, wine, spirits, meat, flour, petroleum butter, tea, coffee and sugar, may be considered as belonging to thu class.

The principal industries are brewing, iron-founding and the manufacture of cloth, boots, leather, cigarettes, matches, pottery, preserved meat and confectionery.

Rugby football is in high favour, Edinburgh being commonly the scene of the international matches when the venue falls to Scotland.

Often times Hotspots can make for very exciting matches, as usually intense firefights break out.

In the Spring Term these same sports continue and Years 5 and 6 also gain experience of playing competitive hockey matches.

Along its dark aisles innumerable little shops sold everything imaginable, from matches to precious stones.

It was all desperately close, and 2-4 more imps in any one of 5 matches would have been enough to qualify.

Do we continue to turn out for cup matches every season despite the manager's apparent indifference to them?

Colgate matches contributions made by its employees ' fundraising initiatives.

The matches will consist of one innings per side, each innings per side, each innings being limited to a maximum of 20 overs.

The half-time interval in all matches shall not exceed 15 minutes.

Much to Germany's delight their leading lady only lost one frame during her group matches.

Do not use lighters or matches, in case there is a gas leak.

Do take extra care with cigarettes - make sure they are put out properly and keep lighters and matches away from children.

Throw away all of your cigarettes, matches, lighters, ashtrays, etc. Keep busy on the day you give up.

Boxing matches still occur, but the boxers participate voluntarily.

The smaller branches and the waste portion of the trunks, left in cutting up the timber, are exported as fire-wood, or used for splitting into matches.

Like Tilburg and Helmond it has developed in modern times into a flourishing industrial centre, having linen,, woollen, cotton, tobacco and cigar, matches, &c., factories and several breweries.

The public revenues are derived from customs, taxes, various inland and consumption taxes, state monopolies, the government wharves, posts and telegraphs, &c. The customs taxes include import and export duties, surcharges, harbour dues, warehouse charges, &c.; the inland taxes comprise consumption taxes on alcohol, tobacco, sugar and matches, stamps and stamped paper, capital and mining properties, licences, transfers of property, &c.; and the state monopolies cover opium and salt.

The industries include wool-spinning and weaving and the manufacture of paper, beer, machines, hosiery and matches.

For the chronic form of industrial poisoning in the manufacture of lucifer matches - a form of necrosis, known in England as " phossy jaw " and in France as " mal chimique," a localized inflammatory infection of the periosteum, ending with the death and exfoliation of part of the bone - see Match.

Offenders poured an accelerant onto front doors of the houses and through letterboxes and set alight using matches.

The dubbing is technically accurate - it matches the lip movements - which means that it is painful to listen to.

These two matches were models of how squash should be played, and all four players are wonderful ambassadresses for their sport.

Puzzles tend to be much smaller in the number of pieces, but this matches modern shorter attention spans.

Thus, writing a pattern that actually matches a literal backslash means writing four backslashes in the query.

Each court has a viewing balcony where you can watch other matches in progress.

More recently, online bookmakers have begun offering fixed odds for football matches.

The grained pattern on the walls matches that on the white formica tables, whilst the color matches the Leatherette booth seating.

Using 4 matches build a strong bridge between them.

We are a friendly bunch of people Who likes to play cs matches for fun!

His intense, resourceful presence captures every cadence of the juvenile slanging matches.

Lyneham won all their matches in this round despite a tough challenge in the last with a narrow win.

Preston won the Second Division championship the next season losing only seven matches in the League.

A hard-earned draw against their fellow promotion chasers Torquay means the Swans have still taken only nine points from their last nine matches.

The satin chrome plated body of the scales matches the most recent interior trends.

Off the pitch the last year has seen the opening of the magnificent new enlarged clubhouse, which now matches our playing ambitions.

Day two saw the top two teams from the previous days matches progress to a knockout competition.

Don't use matches or lighters to light gas cookers - spark devices, which you can buy from hardware stores, are safer.

The appearance of this rugged medieval church of Saxon origin and originally cruciform matches the charm of its dedication.

This IRIS simulation for 24 micron diameter droplets matches the ring size.