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mating

 
Noun mating has 1 sense
  1. coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
    --1 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
    --1 has particulars:
     assortative mating; disassortative mating; hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing; inbreeding; servicing, service
    Derived form: verb mate1
Verb mate has 3 senses
  1. copulate, mate, pair, couple - make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
    --1 is one way to join, conjoin
    Derived forms: noun mate4, noun mate3, noun mating1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun mate5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun mate9
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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