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▸ noun: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
▸ noun: the officer below the master on a commercial ship
▸ noun: informal term for a friend of the same sex
▸ noun: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) ("He loved the mare and all her mates")
▸ noun: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
▸ noun: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
▸ noun: an exact duplicate
▸ noun: a fellow member of a team ("It was his first start against his former teammates")
▸ noun: a person's partner in marriage
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: bring two objects, ideas, or people together
▸ verb: make love ("Birds mate in the Spring")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #42942)
▸ Also see mating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to mate
▸ Usage examples for mate
▸ Idioms related to mate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing mate
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▸ Rhymes of mate
▸ Invented words related to mate
▸ noun: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
▸ noun: the officer below the master on a commercial ship
▸ noun: informal term for a friend of the same sex
▸ noun: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) ("He loved the mare and all her mates")
▸ noun: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
▸ noun: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
▸ noun: an exact duplicate
▸ noun: a fellow member of a team ("It was his first start against his former teammates")
▸ noun: a person's partner in marriage
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: bring two objects, ideas, or people together
▸ verb: make love ("Birds mate in the Spring")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #42942)
▸ Also see mating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to mate
▸ Usage examples for mate
▸ Idioms related to mate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing mate
▸ Words that often appear near mate
▸ Rhymes of mate
▸ Invented words related to mate