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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
mate
n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn:
mate, first mate]
2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against
his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate]
3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he
loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their
mates"
4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: spouse, partner,
married person, mate, better half]
5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made
in the notebook" [syn: match, mate]
6: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was
blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: mate, fellow]
7: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
[syn: mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis]
8: informal term for a friend of the same sex
9: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South
American holly called mate
10: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
[syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple]
2: 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" [syn:
match, mate, couple, pair, twin]
3: 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" [syn: checkmate, mate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\ (m[=a]t), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat.
See Checkmate.] (Chess)
Same as Checkmate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\, a.
See 2d Mat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate,
checkmate. See Mate checkmate.]
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1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To checkmate.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also
OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. Make a companion,
Match a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion;
an associate; any object which is associated or combined
with a similar object.
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2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the
lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation
and the care of their young.
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3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
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Ye knew me once no mate
For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
--Milton.
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4. (Naut.) 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; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Ma"te\ (m[aum]"t[asl]), n. [Sp.]
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.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\, v. i.
To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual
companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will
not mate with that one.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mating.]
1. To match; to marry.
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If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.
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2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to
compete with.
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There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but
it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.
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I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . .
Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.
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3. To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of
breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd.
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4. To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link;
as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut
inaccessible branches.
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9. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
MATE. The second officer on board of a merchant ship or vessel.
2. He has the right to sue in the admiralty as a common mariner for
wages. 1. Pet. Adm. Dee. 246.
3. When, on the death of the master, the mate assumes the command, he
succeeds to the rights and duties of the principal officer. 1 Sumn. 157; 3
Mason, 161; 4 Mason, 196; See 7 Conn. 239; 4 Mason, 641 4 Wash. C. C. 838.
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Thesaurus Results for mate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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