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Noun mate has 9 senses
- mate, first mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship
--1 is a kind of family, family unit; officer, ship's officer; family, family unit; officer, ship's officer
--1 has particulars:
- teammate, mate - a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
--2 is a kind of associate; associate
- mate - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
--3 is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna; animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
- spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half - a person's partner in marriage
--4 is a kind of relative, relation; domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent; relative, relation; domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
--4 is a member of marriage, married couple, man and wife
--4 has particulars: | | bigamist; consort; helpmate, helpmeet; husband, hubby, married man; monogamist, monogynist; newlywed, honeymooner; polygamist; wife, married woman; spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half; bigamist; consort; helpmate, helpmeet; husband, hubby, married man; monogamist, monogynist; newlywed, honeymooner; polygamist; wife, married woman |
- match, mate - an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
--5 is a kind of duplicate, duplication; duplicate, duplication
- mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis - South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
--6 is a kind of holly; holly
- mate - informal term for a friend of the same sex
--7 is a kind of friend; friend
- mate - South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
--8 is a kind of beverage, drink, drinkable, potable; beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
- checkmate, mate - a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
--9 is a kind of chess move; chess move
Verb mate has 3 senses
- copulate, mate, pair, couple - make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
--1 is one way to join, conjoin
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- match, mate, couple, pair, twin - 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"
--2 is one way to join, bring together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- checkmate, 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"
--3 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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