mate /meɪt/
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
synset: mate, first_mate
2. a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
3. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
synset: mate
4. a person's partner in marriage
synset: spouse, partner, married_person, mate, better_half
5. an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
6. one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
7. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
synset: mate, Paraguay_tea, Ilex_paraguariensis
8. informal term for a friend of the same sex
synset: mate
9. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
synset: mate
10. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
1. engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
synset: 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"
synset: 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"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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