Mate

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  • noun. A checkmate.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To checkmate or achieve a checkmate.
  • noun. One of a matched pair.
  • noun. A spouse or romantic partner.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Either of a pair of birds or other animals that associate in order to propagate.
  • noun. Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.
  • noun. Either of a pair of plants, fungi, or other organisms that engage in sexual reproduction or conjugation with each other.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person with whom one is in close association; an associate.
  • noun. A good friend or companion.
  • noun. A person with whom one shares living quarters. Often used in combination.
  • noun. A deck officer on a merchant ship ranking next below the master.
  • noun. A US Navy petty officer who is an assistant to a warrant officer.
  • intransitive verb. To join closely or combine.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be united in marriage or a romantic sexual relationship.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (organisms) to breed or bring (organisms) into close proximity for breeding.
  • intransitive verb. To become joined in marriage or a romantic sexual relationship.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To be paired for reproducing; breed.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in sexual reproduction or conjugation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To defeat; daunt; confound; stupefy.
  • To be confounded.
  • 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.
  • To checkmate.
  • noun. 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.
  • Enfeebled; fatigued; spent.
  • Confounded; daunted; dismayed; dejected; cast down.
  • Overthrown; fallen; slain.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. An equal; a match.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. In the United States navy, an officer of the line not in the line of promotion.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A species of holly, Ilex Paraguayensis; also, its prepared leaves, or the tea-like beverage made from them.
  • noun. Same as congonha.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Same as checkmate.
  • adjective. See 2d mat.
  • intransitive verb. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship
  • transitive verb. To confuse; to confound.
  • transitive verb. To checkmate.
  • noun. One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
  • noun. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
  • noun. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
  • noun. 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
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
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    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    captain  companion  comrade  cousin  crow  
    Synonym
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    variant
    checkmate  mat  
    verb-form
    mated  mately  mates  mating