Matching Words
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Matches
- noun -
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"
- a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
- be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match"
- be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- game
Matchet
- noun - a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
Matinee
- noun - a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
Matthew
- noun - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
- A name
- one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount
Matured
- verb - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
- cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
- cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast";
- develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
- fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
- fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose"
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Maturer
- - One who brings to maturity.
Matures
- verb - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
- cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
- cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast";
- develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Matweed
- - A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.
Maunder
- verb - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- wander aimlessly
Mauther
- - A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.