Match

1. v. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
2. n. Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
3. v. A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
4. v. A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like
5. v. A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
6. v. A matrimonial union; a marriage.
7. v. An agreement, compact, etc.
8. v. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
9. v. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
10. v. Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.