| matched | | |
| adj. | 1. matched | provided with a worthy adversary or competitor.; "matched teams" |
| ~ competitive, competitory | involving competition or competitiveness.; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position" |
| adj. | 2. matched | going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities. |
| ~ compatible | able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination.; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology" |
| ~ mated | mated sexually. |
| ~ co-ordinated, matching, coordinated | intentionally matched.; "curtains and walls were color coordinated" |
| ~ matching, twin, twinned, duplicate | being two identical. |
| ~ paired, mated | used of gloves, socks, etc.. |
| ~ one-to-one | used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set. |
| parang | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. parang | a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| ~ knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. |
| pit | | |
| n. (object) | 1. cavity, pit | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).; "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
| ~ trou-de-loup | a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy. |
| ~ barbecue pit | a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat. |
| ~ borrow pit | a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site. |
| ~ divot | (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke.; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" |
| ~ fire pit | a pit whose floor is incandescent lava.; "the fire pit of the crater" |
| ~ hollow, hole | a depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| ~ quicksand | a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down. |
| ~ sandpit | a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug. |
| ~ sawpit | a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw. |
| ~ tar pit | a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved. |
| n. (shape) | 2. fossa, pit | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). |
| ~ glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa | the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint. |
| ~ glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa | a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible. |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach | a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus). |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (plant) | 3. endocarp, pit, stone | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" |
| ~ pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. |
| ~ peach pit | the stone seed of a peach. |
| ~ cherry stone | the stone seed of a cherry. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. hell, infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions" |
| ~ fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings. |
| ~ gehenna, tartarus | a place where the wicked are punished after death. |
| ~ hellfire, red region | a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned. |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pit | an enclosure in which animals are made to fight. |
| ~ cockpit | a pit for cockfights. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pit | (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ commodities exchange, commodities market, commodity exchange | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. pit | (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled. |
| ~ auto racing, car racing | the sport of racing automobiles. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. pit, pitfall | a trap in the form of a concealed hole. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pit, quarry, stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
| ~ chalk pit, chalkpit | a quarry for chalk. |
| ~ excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating. |
| ~ gravel pit | a quarry for gravel. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. orchestra pit, pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ theater, theatre, house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. colliery, pit | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. |
| ~ coal mine, coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground. |
| ~ mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| v. (competition) | 12. match, oppose, pit, play off | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| v. (contact) | 13. mark, pit, pock, scar | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| ~ pockmark | mark with or as if with pockmarks.; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" |
| ~ cicatrise, cicatrize | form a scar, after an injury.; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (change) | 14. pit, stone | remove the pits from.; "pit plums and cherries" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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