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

n. A spouse.

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

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

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

n. Chiefly British A good friend or companion.

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

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

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

v. To join closely; pair.

v. To unite in marriage.

v. To pair (animals) for breeding.

verb-intransitive. To become joined in marriage.

verb-intransitive. To be paired for reproducing; breed.

verb-intransitive. To copulate.

n. A checkmate.

v. To checkmate or achieve a checkmate.

n. Short for checkmate.

v. To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate

n. Nonstandard spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).

n. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

n. a fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate

n. a breeding partner

n. a friend, usually of the same sex

n. a colloquial "sir"; an informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male

n. In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).

n. Short for first mate.

n. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.

n. The other member of a matched pair of objects.

n. A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.

v. To match, fit together without space between.

v. To copulate.

v. To pair in order to raise offspring

v. To arrange in matched pairs.

v. To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.

v. To fit (objects) together without space between.

n. The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.

n. Same as checkmate.

adj. See 2d mat.

v. To confuse; to confound.

v. To checkmate.

n. One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.

n. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.

n. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

n. An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant

v. To match; to marry.

v. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

v. To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.

v. To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link

verb-intransitive. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship

n. A familiar associate or companion; one who is associated with another or others in habitual intercourse or action; a fellow; a comrade: often used as the second element in a compound, as in playmate, schoolmate, shipmate.

n. An equal; a match.

n. One of a pair; one who or that which corresponds to or is joined with another in a pair; one of a pair of mated persons or animals, male and female, or of matched things; one of two fellows: as, a conjugal mate or partner; these shoes are not mates.

n. A ship's officer whose duty it is to oversee the execution of the orders of the master or commander, or of his immediate superior.

n. In the United States navy, an officer of the line not in the line of promotion.

To join or match as a mate or as mates, as in marriage or other union.

To match one's self with or against; vie or cope with.

To be joined in companionship; form a union; pair: as, to mate with one's like; birds mate in spring.

Enfeebled; fatigued; spent.

Confounded; daunted; dismayed; dejected; cast down.

Overthrown; fallen; slain.

To defeat; daunt; confound; stupefy.

To be confounded.

n. In chess, the state of the king when he is in check and cannot move out of it, the player whose king is so placed losing the game.

To checkmate.

n. A species of holly, Ilex Paraguayensis; also, its prepared leaves, or the tea-like beverage made from them.

n. In geometry, the element that is paired with a given element in a correlation.

In logging, to place together in a raft (logs of similar size); match.

n. Same as congonha.

n. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

v. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

n. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

v. engage in sexual intercourse

n. the officer below the master on a commercial ship

n. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

n. an exact duplicate

n. a person's partner in marriage

n. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

n. one of a pair

v. bring two objects, ideas, or people together

n. a fellow member of a team

"He is also, ex-officio, the wit of the crew; for the captain does not condescend to joke with the men, and the second mate no one cares for; so that when “the mate” thinks fit to entertain “the people” with a coarse joke or a little practical wit, every one feels bound to laugh."

mated    mately    mates    mating   

beverage    drink    drinkable    potable    vanquish    shell    beat    beat out    trounce    crush   

marry    extra second mate    boatswain's mate    master's mate    mate of the watch    forced mate    fool's mate    senior mate    machinist's mate    mate of the hull   

checkmate    mat   

tourmate    housemate    teammate    workmate    office mate    crewmate    classmate    checkmate    shipmate    roommate   

confuse    confound    checkmate    companion    associate    match    equal    breed    connect    link   

Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state   

companion    captain    partner    sir    husband    crow    lieutenant    sailor    master    lover