1. (

• mate ,
• first_mate

) the officer below the master on a commercial ship ;

2. (

• teammate ,
• mate ,

) a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" ;

3. (

• mate ,

) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" ;

4. (

• spouse ,
• partner ,
• married_person ,
• mate ,
• better_half

) a person's partner in marriage ;

5. (

• match ,
• mate

) an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" ;

6. (

• mate ,
• fellow

) one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" ;

7. (

• mate ,
• Paraguay_tea ,
• Ilex_paraguariensis

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

8. (

• mate ,

) informal term for a friend of the same sex ;

9. (

• mate

) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate ;

10. (

• checkmate ,
• mate

) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king ;

1. (

• copulate ,
• mate ,
• pair ,
• couple

) engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" ;

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" ;

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" ;