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| 1. | [ verb ] (sexuality) make love | |
| Synonyms: | pair couple copulate | |
| Examples: | "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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| Related terms: | join love breed backcross serve tread nick ride sodomize sodomise deflower couple spouse sexual_intercourse coupling | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (nautical,work) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | |
| Synonyms: | first_mate | |
| Related terms: | officer | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | |
| Examples: | "he loved the mare and all her mates" "camels hate leaving their mates" |
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| Related terms: | animal copulate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a fellow member of a team | |
| Synonyms: | teammate | |
| Examples: | "it was his first start against his former teammates" |
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| Related terms: | associate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an exact duplicate | |
| Synonyms: | match | |
| Examples: | "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
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| Related terms: | duplicate match | |
| 6. | [ verb ] bring two objects, ideas, or people together | |
| Synonyms: | match couple pair twin | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | join mismate mismatch match couple pair yoke match | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a person's partner in marriage | |
| Synonyms: | partner spouse consort better_half married_person | |
| Related terms: | relative significant_other wife husband polygamist consort bigamist monogamist newlywed helpmate marriage | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (botany) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea | |
| Synonyms: | Ilex_paraguariensis Paraguay_tea | |
| Related terms: | holly | |
| 9. | [ verb ] copulate, of animals | |
| Related terms: | breed backcross | |
| 10. | [ noun ] informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex | |
| Related terms: | friend Australia UK | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (chess) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of chess | |
| Synonyms: | checkmate | |
| Examples: | "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" |
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| Related terms: | beat chess | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (chess,games) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | |
| Synonyms: | checkmate | |
| Related terms: | chess_move checkmate | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (food) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | |
| Related terms: | beverage | |
| Similar spelling: |
matey matte Mateo mat Matteo Mattie Mattei made matt Matthew Maude Matta Madie Maeda Matty Mattia Mathey Mathew Mayeda mad Maddie mahout Mathie Maudie Maietta mayweed maid math Mada Mathieu Maud Mata |
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