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English Dictionary: mate	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for mate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mate n the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: mate, first mate] a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" Synonym(s): teammate, mate the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" a person's partner in marriage Synonym(s): spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" Synonym(s): match, mate one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" Synonym(s): mate, fellow South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea Synonym(s): mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis informal term for a friend of the same sex South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king Synonym(s): checkmate, mate v engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" Synonym(s): copulate, mate, pair, couple 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" Synonym(s): match, mate, couple, pair, twin place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" Synonym(s): checkmate, mate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \Mate\, n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. [82]chec et mat. See {Checkmate}.] (Chess) Same as {Checkmate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.] 1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To checkmate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \Mate\, a. See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mate \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.