matching

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal. [1913 Webster]

No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that madness.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct.— South.[1913 Webster]

3.To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. [1913 Webster]

Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.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. "Matching of patterns and colors." --Swift. [1913 Webster]

5.To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another). [1913 Webster]

Let poets match their subject to their strength.— Roscommon.[1913 Webster]

6.To marry; to give in marriage. [1913 Webster]

A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

7.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. [1913 Webster]

Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board. [1913 Webster]

1.having identical or closely similar appearance or properties; as, a pair of matching candlesticks.

Syn: duplicate, twin(prenominal), twinned. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Harmonious and pleasing in appearance when used together; as, a matching skirt and blouse.

Syn: coordinated; color-coordinated. [WordNet 1.5]