matter

v. be important, be significant

n. physical material (as opposed to spiritual); substance of a particular composition and consistency; issue, affair; excreted material; typed or written material; something that has mass and takes up space

In chemistry and physics, matter is commonly defined as the substance of which physical objects are composed, not counting the contribution of various energy or force-fields, which are not usually considered to be matter per se (though they may contribute to the mass of objects). Matter constitutes much of the observable universe, although again, light is not ordinarily considered matter. Unfortunately, for scientific purposes, "matter" is somewhat loosely defined.
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adj. weary, exhausted, weakened, exploited; mat, dull, lusterless, dim, faded; drab, dismal

adj. washy, languid, languorous, weary, footworn, forworn, tired, all in, all out, mat, matt, frosted, opaque, pale, faint away, dull, dead, dim, dimmish, flat

v. mat

(v. t.)
To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
  

(v. i.)
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
  

(v. i.)
To be of importance; to import; to signify.
  

(n.)
Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
  

(n.)
That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
  

(n.)
That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
  

(n.)
That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.
  

(n.)
That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
  

(n.)
That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
  

(n.)
Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
  

(n.)
Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
  

(n.)
Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
  

(n.)
Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.