match
1
look
good together
[intransitive
and transitive]
if one thing matches another, or if two things match, they look attractive
together because they are a similar colour, pattern etc [↪ matching]:
We painted the cabinets
green to match the rug.Do you think this outfit
matches?
! Do not say that
one thing 'matches to' or 'matches with' another. Say that one thing matches
another or that two things match.
2
look
the same
[intransitive
and transitive]
two things that match look the same because they are a pair:
Your socks don't match.
Suit
2 [not in passive] clothes, colours etc that suit you
make you look attractive:
That coat really suits Paul.Red suits you.Jill's new hairstyle doesn't really suit
her.
fit past tense and past participle fitted also fit American English present participle
fitting
1
clothes
a) [intransitive,transitive
not in progressive]
if a piece of clothing fits you, it is the right size for your body:
His clothes did not
fit him very well.The uniform fitted
her perfectly.The jacket's fine, but
the trousers don't fit.I know this dress is
going to fit you like a glove (=fit you very well).
! Use fit to say that clothes
are not too big or too small. Use suit to say that clothes look
attractive on someone The dress fits, but it doesn't suit me.
b) [transitive usually
passive]
to try a piece of clothing on someone to see if it is the right size for them,
or to make sure a special piece of equipment is right for them
streak
1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to run or fly somewhere so fast you can hardly be seen
streak across/along/down etc
Two jets streaked across the sky.
Two jets streaked across the sky.
2 [transitive usually passive] to cover something with lines of colour, liquid etc :
The sky was streaked yellow and purple.
The sky was streaked yellow and purple.
streak with
His hands and arms were streaked with paint.
His hands and arms were streaked with paint.
3 [intransitive] to run across a public place with no clothes on as a joke or in order to shock people
