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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.

noun 2. partner, lover, companion, spouse, consort, significant other U.S. (informal) better half (humorous) helpmeet, husband or wife

noun 3. double, match, fellow, twin, counterpart, companion

noun 4. assistant, subordinate, apprentice, helper, accomplice, sidekick (informal)

noun 5. colleague, associate, companion, co-worker, fellow-worker, compeer

verb 6. pair, couple, breed, copulate

verb 7. marry, match, wed, get married, shack up (informal)

verb 8. join, match, couple, pair, yoke

Translations

mate [meɪt] n (= workmate) → compañero/a, colega m/f;

(col) (= friend); amigo/a, compadre m/f (LAM) (= animal); macho(hembra);

(in merchant navy) → primer oficial m

vi → acoplarse, parearse

vt → acoplar, parear

mate [meɪt] n → camarade m/f de travail;

(inf) → copain(copine) (= animal); partenaire m/f, mâle(femelle);

(in merchant navy) → second m

vi → s'accoupler

vt → accoupler

mate [meɪt] n (inf) (friend) → Freund(in) m(f), Kumpel m;

(animal) → Männchen nt, Weibchen nt;

(assistant) → Gehilfe m, Gehilfin f;

(in merchant navy) → Maat m

vi (animals) → sich paaren

mate [meɪt] n → compagno/a di lavoro;

(col) (= friend); amico/a (= animal); compagno/a;

(in merchant navy) → secondo

vi → accoppiarsi

vt → accoppiare

mate

v mate [meit]

1 to come, or bring (animals etc), together for breeding The bears have mated and produced a cub. paar يُزاوِج чифтосвам (s)pářit (se) parre; parre sig sich paaren ζευγαρώνω aparear, acoplar paarituma جفت گیری paritella, astuttaa (s')accoupler לְזַווֵג मित्र spariti párosít; párosodik kawin maka sig accoppiarsi つがう 짝짓다, 짝짓게 하다 poruoti(s) pārot; pāroties mengawan paren pare (seg) parzyć (się) acasalar a se împerechea спаривать(ся) (s)páriť (sa) pariti se pariti se para sig จับคู่ผสมพันธุ์ çiftleş(tir)mek 使...交配 спаровуватися جانوروں کی جفتی لگوانا giao phối 使...交配

2 (chess) to checkmate (someone). mat إماتَة الشّاه матирам dát mat gøre mat schachmatt setzen κάνω ματ (στο σκάκι) jaque mate dar matti tegema مات کردن échec et mat mettre לַעֲשוֹת מַט शहमात या शह देना matirati megmattol menyekak mat máta dare scacco matto 王手詰めにする ?체스? (상대의 장군을) 외통수로 몰아넣다 duoti matą pieteikt matu mengemat mat zetten gjøre sjakk matt dać mata dar xeque-mate a face şah-mat (pe cineva) сделать мат dať mat matirati matirati göra matt ทำให้เข้าตาจน mat etmek (棋)將軍 ставити мат شطرنج میں مات دینا chiếu tướng （棋）将军

1 an animal etc with which another is paired for breeding Some birds sing in order to attract a mate. paarmaat زَوْج للتزاوُج животно от чифт sameček, samička mage das Männchen/Weibchen ταίρι (για ζώο) pareja; macho, hembra paariline جفت kumppani mâle/femelle בֵּן זוּג साथी par pár pasangan maki compagno つがいの一方 짝 patinas, patelė tēviņš; mātīte pasangan partner make towarzysz, partner par mascul, femelă самец; самка samček, samička samec parnjak make, maka, partner คู่ผสมพันธุ์ (สัตว์) eş; dişi/erkek (動物)配偶 самець; самиця پرندوں کے جوڑے میں سے ایک bạn tình 配偶

2 a husband or wife. ega, eggenoot زَوْج أو زَوْجَه брачен партньор manžel, -ka ægtefælle der Gatte,die Gattin σύζυγος compañero, pareja abikaasa همسر puoliso époux, ouse בֵּן/בַּת זוּג पति, पत्नी supružnik, bračni drug házastárs pasutri maki sposo, sposa 配偶者 배우자 sutuoktinis dzīvesbiedrs pasangan echtgenoot ektefelle małżonek, małżonka cônjuge soţ, soţie супруг(а) manžel, -ka soprog, soproga supružnik [] make (maka) คู่สามีภรรยา eş 配偶 чоловік; дружина شوہر یا بیوی chồng, vợ 配偶

3 a companion or friend We've been mates for years. vriend رَفيق، زَميل приятел druh, -žka, přítel, -kyně ven; kammerat der Kamerad φίλος compañero, colega kaaslane رفیق kaveri camarade חָבֵר पति, पत्नी, साथी, सखा drug társ teman félagi, vinur compagno 友人 동료, 친구 draugas, bičiulis draugs; biedrs teman kameraad kompis, kamerat kolega companheiro tovarăş, prieten товарищ, кореш druh, -žka; priateľ, -ka tovariš drugar kompis, polare เพื่อน arkadaş 夥伴 товариш; напарник رفیق، دوست bạn nghề 伙伴

4 a fellow workman or assistant a carpenter's mate. assistent مُساعِد، مُعاوِن колега pomocník, -ice, kolega, -yně kollega der Gehilfe συνάδελφος ayudante, aprendiz abi(line) همکار työtoveri aide עָמִית जोड़ pomoćnik (szak)társ pembantu vinnufélagi compagno di lavoro 仲間 동료, 조수 pagalbininkas, padėjėjas palīgs pembantu helper arbeidskamerat, assistent pomocnik colega ucenic напарник; помощник pomocník, kolega pomočnik kolega arbetskamrat ผู้ช่วย yardımcı 助手 помічник ہمکار người trợ lực 助手

5 a merchant ship's officer under the master or captain the first mate. stuurman نائِب قُبْطان سفينَه помощник-капитан lodní důstojník førstestyrmand der Maat υποπλοίαρχος oficial vanemabi معاون کشتی perämies second/-onde חוֹבֵל कैप्टन के तहत काम करने वाला अधिकारी brodski časnik másodkapitány perwira stÿrimaður; bátsmaður primo ufficiale, secondo 航海士 항해사 kapitono padėjėjas kapteiņa palīgs perwira stuurman (første)styrmann oficer imediato secund помощник капитана lodný dôstojník častnik trgovske mornarice prvi oficir styrman ผู้ช่วยผู้บังคับการเรือ ikinci kaptan 大副 помічник капітана ماسٹر سے نچلے درجے کا جہازی افسر phó thuyền trưởng 大副

6 in chess, checkmate. mat إماتَة الشاه في الشَّطْرَنْج мат mat skakmat das Schachmatt ματ (στο σκάκι) mate matt مات matti mat מָט शहमात या शह देना partija sakk-matt sekak mat mát scacco matto 王手詰め 외통 장군 matas mats mat mat sjakkmatt mat xeque-mate mat мат mat šah mat mat matt การอยู่ในตำแหน่งชนะในการเล่นหมากรุก mat (棋)將軍 мат شطرنج کے کھیل میں شاہ مات sự chiếu tướng （棋）将军

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