-mate - definition of -mate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

mate¹ (m

1. One of a matched pair: the mate to this glove.

2. A spouse.

a. Either of a pair of animals or birds that associate in order to propagate.

b. Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.

a. A person with whom one is in close association; an associate.

b. Chiefly British A good friend or companion.

c. A person with whom one shares living quarters. Often used in combination: advertised for a new flatmate.

5. A deck officer on a merchant ship ranking next below the master.

6. A U.S. Navy petty officer who is an assistant to a warrant officer.

v. mat·ed, mat·ing, mates

v.tr.

1. To join closely; pair.

2. To unite in marriage.

3. To pair (animals) for breeding.

v.intr.

1. To become joined in marriage.

a. To be paired for reproducing; breed.

b. To copulate.

[Middle English, from Middle Low German gemate, mate, messmate.]

mate² (m

A checkmate.

tr. & intr.v. mat·ed, mat·ing, mates

To checkmate or achieve a checkmate.

[Middle English, from Old French mat, checkmated, from Arabic mt, he has died; see checkmate.]

mate ¹

Noun

a. Informal, chiefly Brit, Austral, & NZ a friend: often used as a term of address between males: I spotted my mate Jimmy McCrae at the other end of the bar, that's all right, mate

b. an associate or colleague: a classmate, the governor's running mate

2. the sexual partner of an animal

3. a marriage partner

4. Naut any officer below the master on a commercial ship

5. (in some trades) an assistant: a plumber's mate

6. one of a pair of matching items

Verb

[mating, mated]

1. to pair (a male and female animal) or (of animals) to pair for breeding

2. to marry

3. to join as a pair [Low German]

mate ²

Noun, vb

[mating, mated] Chess same as checkmate

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Noun	1.	mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship first mate ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
	2.	mate - a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" teammate associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
	3.	mate - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	4.	mate - a person's partner in marriage better half, married person, partner, spouse man and wife, married couple, marriage - two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" bigamist - someone who marries one person while already legally married to another consort - the husband or wife of a reigning monarch domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent - a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship helpmate, helpmeet - a helpful partner hubby, husband, married man - a married man; a woman's partner in marriage relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" monogamist, monogynist - someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) honeymooner, newlywed - someone recently married polygamist - someone who is married to two or more people at the same time married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
	5.	mate - an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" match duplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
	6.	mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" fellow singleton - a single object (as distinguished from a pair) couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couple - two items of the same kind
	7.	mate - South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea holly - any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
	8.	mate - informal term for a friend of the same sex Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
	9.	mate - South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
	10.	mate - a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king checkmate chess move - the act of moving a chess piece
Verb	1.	mate - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" copulate, couple, pair nick - mate successfully; of livestock conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, be intimate, lie with, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, make love, hump, jazz, love, bed, bang, make out, know - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females" service, serve - mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" deflower, ruin - deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" mount, ride - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" bugger, sodomise, sodomize - practice anal sex upon sodomise, sodomize - copulate with an animal
	2.	mate - 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" couple, pair, twin, match match - give or join in marriage mismate - provide with an unsuitable mate mismatch - match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
	3.	mate - 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" checkmate chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

mate

noun 1. (Informal) friend, pal (informal) companion, buddy (informal) china Brit. (slang) cock Brit. (informal) comrade, chum (informal) mucker Brit. (informal) crony, main man (slang), chiefly U.S. homeboy (slang), chiefly U.S. cobber Austral., N.Z. (old-fashioned), (informal) E hoa N.Z.