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mate

/ mate /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
Type of:
beverage drink drinkable
noun Sense 2
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Type of:
officer ship's officer
noun Sense 3
informal term for a friend of the same sex
Type of:
friend
Domain:
Australia Commonwealth of Australia United Kingdom
noun Sense 4
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
"he loved the mare and all her mates"
"camels hate leaving their mates"
Type of:
animal animate being beast
Derived:
copulate pair couple
noun Sense 5
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
Type of:
holly
noun Sense 6
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent''s king
Type of:
chess move
Derived:
checkmate
verb Sense 7
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"
Type of:
join bring together
Kinds of:
mismate mismatch
Derived:
pair brace couple twosome twain
Verb group:
match
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
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"
Type of:
beat beat out crush
Derived:
checkmate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
chess chess game
noun Sense 9
a fellow member of a team
"it was his first start against his former teammates"
Type of:
associate
verb Sense 10
make love
"Birds mate in the Spring"
Type of:
join conjoin
Kinds of:
nick roll in the hay love make out make love
Derived:
couple mates match coupling mating
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 11
an exact duplicate
"when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
Type of:
duplicate duplication
Derived:
match couple pair twin fit
noun Sense 12
a person''s partner in marriage
Type of:
domestic partner significant other spousal equivalent
Kinds of:
bigamist consort helpmate helpmeet husband
Has parts:
marriage married couple man and wife
Derived:
copulate pair couple
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
63
Times Searched
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beverage drink drinkable officer ship's officer friend animal animate being beast holly chess move join