File 2 B Vocabulary Clothes

match

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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

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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.

2 [transitive usually passive] to cover something with lines of colour, liquid etc:

The sky was streaked yellow and purple.

streak with

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