'Matching' definitions:
Definition of 'matching'
From: WordNet
adjective
adjective
Intentionally matched; "curtains and walls were color coordinated" [syn: coordinated, co-ordinated, matching]
Definition of 'Matching'
From: GCIDE
- Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n. Matching.]
- 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]
Definition of 'matching'
From: GCIDE
- matching \matching\ adj.
- 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]
Synonyms of 'matching'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegory,
- analogous,
- analogy,
- balancing,
- bout,
- chromatic,
- cold,
- colorific,
- coloring,
- comparable,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- complementary,
- concours,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- contest,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- cool,
- correlation,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- derby,
- dichromatic,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- duplicate,
- encounter,
- engagement,
- equivalent,
- fight,
- game,
- games,
- glowing,
- go,
- gymkhana,
- harmonious,
- homologous,
- identical,
- joust,
- like,
- likening,
- many-colored,
- match,
- medley,
- meet,
- meeting,
- metaphor,
- monochromatic,
- monochrome,
- monochromic,
- motley,
- of a kind,
- of a piece,
- of a size,
- Olympic games,
- Olympics,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- parallel,
- paralleling,
- parallelism,
- parti-colored,
- pigmentary,
- polychromatic,
- prismatic,
- proportion,
- rainbow,
- rally,
- relation,
- rencontre,
- simile,
- similitude,
- spectral,
- test,
- tilt,
- tinctorial,
- tingent,
- toning,
- tournament,
- tourney,
- trial,
- trope of comparison,
- twin,
- variegated,
- warm,
- weighing
Words containing 'Matching'
- Match,
- Matched,
- Bickford match,
- Congreve match,
- Love match,
- Match boarding,
- Match game,
- Match plane,
- Match plate,
- Match play,
- Match tub,
- Match wheel,
- Matching machine,
- Parlor match,
- Pattern matching,
- Percussion match,
- Quick match,
- Safety match,
- Slow match,
- Slugging match,
- Spelling match,
- book matches,
- boxing match,
- chess match,
- cricket match,
- friction match,
- kitchen match,
- lucifer match,
- match box,
- match hook,
- match point,
- match-up,
- matched game,
- matching funds,
- sparring match,
- tennis match,
- test match,
- wrestling match,
- Match-cloth,
- Match-coat,
- cross-match,
- statistical pattern matching,
- syntactic pattern matching,
- text-matching