match

noun

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.

verb

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

noun

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.

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