Mate

Noun

 * 1)  A sexual partner.
 * 2) The other member of a matched pair of objects.
 * 3)  A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
 * 4)  In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate  (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
 * 5)  Short for first mate.
 * 6) A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
 * 7)  A friend, colleague etc.; an informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually of the same sex. Often used in direct address to any male.
 * 8)  (in combination) a fellow, associate, colleague, or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. classmate, shipmate.

Verb

 * 1)  To match, fit together without space between.
 * 2)  To copulate.
 * 3)  To pair in order to raise offspring
 * 4)  To arrange in matched pairs.
 * 5)  To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
 * 6)  To fit (objects) together without space between.

Noun

 * 1)  Short for Checkmate.

Verb

 * 1)  To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate

Noun

 * , an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
 * 1) The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

Adjectives for Mate
trembling; truant; Incongruous; all-beautiful; nested; afflicted; vile; sincere; sweet.

Thesaurus
company, compeer, complement, comrade, concomitant, confidant, confrere, congenator, congener, conjugate, consociate, consort, contract matrimony, coordinate, copartner, copemate, copesmate, copulate, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent, couchmate, counterpart, couple, couple up, cover, cradlemate, crony, crossbreed, cupmate, dead ringer, deck officer, diddle, ditto, double, double-harness, double-team, duplicate, effigy, equal, equipollent, equivalent, espouse, exact likeness, familiar, fellow, fellow student, fit together, fornicate, friend, frig, general partner, generate, get hitched, girl friend, gossip, have sex, have sexual relations, helpmate, helpmeet, hitch, hubby, husband, icon, idol, image, intermarry, interwed, intimate, jailmate, join, kindred spirit, lay, lie with, like, likeness, link up, living image, living picture, make it with, make love, make out, marry, master, match, messmate, miniature, mirroring, miscegenate, model, mount, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, near duplicate, obverse, old crony, opposite number, pair, pair off, pal, parallel, pard, pardner, partner, patron, peer, pendant, pewmate, photograph, picture, pipes, playfellow, playmate, portrait, procreate, quartermaster, reciprocal, reflection, remarry, resemblance, rewed, rival, roommate, rubbing, sailing master, schoolfellow, schoolmate, screw, second mate, second self, secret partner, semblance, serve, service, shadow, shelfmate, shipmaster, shipmate, shopmate, side partner, sidekick, sidekicker, silent partner, similitude, simulacrum, sister, skipper, sleep with, sleeping partner, soul mate, span, special partner, spit and image, spitting image, splice, spouse, such, suchlike, synchronize, tablemate, take to wife, tally, team, team up, teammate, tentmate, the Old Man, the like of, the likes of, tie, trace, tracing, twin, unite, very image, very picture, watch officer, watchmate, waymate, wed, wife, wive, workfellow, yoke, yokefellow, yokemate, OD, accompanier, accompanist, accompanyist, ace, acquaintance, ally, alter ego, amigo, analogon, analogue, associate, attendant, ball, be intimate, be made one, be spliced, become one, bedfellow, bedmate, better half, birthmate, boatswain, bosom buddy, bracket, breed, bride, brother, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade, captain, chamberfellow, chap, chief engineer, chief mate, china, chum, classmate, close copy, close match, clubmate, co-worker, coequal, cognate, cohabit, cohort, colleague, comate, come together, commander, commit adultery, companion, companion piece,

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from mate: (replacing  mette: from Old English gemetta:), derived from , itself from  (related to German and Dutch ge-) +  (from ), related to Old English mete:). More at ,.

Etymology 2
From verb maten,  mater, from  nounmat 'checkmate', from Arabic (māt)

Synonyms

 * match
 * partner
 * See also Thesaurus:friend

Derived terms

 * bedmate
 * bunkmate
 * cellmate
 * checkmate
 * classmate
 * crewmate
 * floormate
 * housemate
 * mateship
 * office mate
 * roommate
 * shipmate
 * teammate
 * tourmate
 * workmate

Synonyms

 * couple
 * match
 * pair

Derived terms

 * mating

Noun

 * Dutch: gezel, partner , paringsgezel


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 * Finnish:


 * Turkish: çift


 * Dutch: maat, scheepsmaat
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 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: apumies


 * Greek: συνέταιρος, συνεργάτης, συνάδελφος


 * Dutch: maat(je), kameraad , makker , gabber
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Anagrams

 * meat
 * meta, Meta
 * tame
 * team

Noun

 * 1) A measure, degree: quantity or intensity of something abstract

Etymology
A more archaic form of maat:, in petrified use in various contexts and expressions. From mate:, from  *undefined:, from.

Noun

 * 1) death

Etymology
From (compare  make:,  mati:,  mate:).

Adjective

 * , dull.

Anagrams

 * méat

Adjective

 * 1) dead

Noun

 * 1) death

Etymology
From (compare  make:,  mati:,  mate:).

Noun

 * 1) The drink maté, prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).

Verb

 * 1) To feed

Synonyms

 * fôre (about animals)

Adjective

 * 1) matte not reflective of light
 * 2)  tan, tanned skin colour

Noun

 * 1)  Mate, checkmate
 * 2) The drink maté prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).
 * 3) A hollow calabash gourd, in which the maté is traditionally served.
 * 4)  A head.

Synonyms

 * jaque mate (checkmate).

Noun

 * 1) saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)