• 1. a formal game or sports event in which people, teams, etc, compete to win
• 2. a person or thing able to provide competition for another
• 3. a person or thing that resembles, harmonizes with, or is equivalent to another in a specified respect
• 4. a person or thing that is an exact copy or equal of another
• 5. a partnership between a man and a woman, as in marriage
• 6. an arrangement for such a partnership
• 7. a person regarded as a possible partner, as in marriage
• 8. to fit (parts) together
• 9. to...

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• 1. a thin strip of wood or cardboard tipped with a chemical that ignites by friction when rubbed on a rough surface or a surface coated with a suitable chemical - See safety match
• 2. a length of cord or wick impregnated with a chemical so that it burns slowly. It is used to fire cannons, explosives, etc
• 3. C14: from Old French meiche, perhaps from Latin myxa wick, from Greek muxa lamp nozzle

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