mate

Nouns

• (n) the officer below the master on a commercial ship first mate,
• (n) a fellow member of a team
  • it was his first start against his former teammates
  teammate,
• (n) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
  • he loved the mare and all her mates
  • camels hate leaving their mates
• (n) a person's partner in marriage better half, married person, partner, spouse,
• (n) an exact duplicate
  • when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
  match,
• (n) one of a pair
  • he lost the mate to his shoe
  • one eye was blue but its fellow was brown
  fellow,
• (n) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea,
• (n) informal term for a friend of the same sex
• (n) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
• (n) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king checkmate,

Verbs

• (v) engage in sexual intercourse
  • Birds mate in the Spring
  copulate, couple, pair,
• (v) 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
  couple, pair, twin, match,
• (v) 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
  checkmate,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity