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Meaning of MATE

Pronunciation:  'mâtey

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
  2. [n]  an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
  3. [n]  South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
  4. [n]  the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  5. [n]  informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex
  6. [n]  the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
  7. [n]  a person's partner in marriage
  8. [n]  a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
  9. [n]  South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
  10. [v]  place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of chess; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
  11. [v]  bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  12. [v]  make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
  13. [v]  copulate, of animals
 
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 Synonyms: better half, checkmate, checkmate, copulate, couple, first mate, Ilex paraguariensis, married person, match, match, pair, Paraguay tea, partner, spouse, teammate, twin
 
 See Also: animal, animate being, associate, backcross, bang, be intimate, beast, beat, beat out, bed, beverage, bigamist, bonk, breed, bring together, brute, bugger, chess move, conjoin, consort, cover, creature, crush, deflower, do it, drink, drinkable, duplicate, duplication, eff, fauna, friend, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, helpmate, helpmeet, holly, honeymooner, hubby, hump, husband, jazz, join, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, man and wife, marriage, married couple, married man, married woman, mismatch, mismate, monogamist, monogynist, mount, newlywed, nick, officer, polygamist, potable, relation, relative, ride, ruin, screw, serve, service, shell, ship's officer, significant other, sleep with, sodomise, sodomize, tread, trounce, vanquish, wife

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ma"te\, n. [Sp.]
The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly
({Ilex Paraguensis}). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with
an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South
America.

  2. \Mate\, n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat. See
{Checkmate}.] (Chess)
Same as {Checkmate}.

  3. \Mate\, a.
See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

  4. \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate,
checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.]
1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To checkmate.

  5. \Mate\, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also
OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. {Make} a companion,
{Match} a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion;
   an associate; any object which is associated or combined
   with a similar object.
2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the
   lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation
   and the care of their young.
3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
         Ye knew me once no mate For you; there sitting where
         you durst not soar.                   --Milton.
4. (Naut.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below
   the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title,
   they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate,
   third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or
   assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.

  6. \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mating}.]
1. To match; to marry.
         If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.
2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to
   compete with.
         There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but
         it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.
         I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare
         mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.

  7. \Mate\, v. i.
To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual
companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will
not mate with that one.
 
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