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    mate
    [māt]
    noun
    mate (noun) · mates (plural noun)
    1. each of a pair of birds or other animals:
      "a male bird sings to court a mate"
      • informal
        a person's husband, wife, or other sexual partner:
        "he couldn't satisfy his frisky young mate"
      • informal
        one of a matched pair:
        "a sock without its mate"
    2. a fellow member or joint occupant of a specified thing:
      "his tablemates"
    3. BRITISH ENGLISH
      informal
      a friend or companion:
      "my best mate Steve" · "I was with a mate"
      • used as a friendly form of address between men or boys:
        "“See you then, mate.”"
    4. BRITISH ENGLISH
      an assistant to a skilled worker:
      "a plumber's mate"
      • a deck officer on a merchant ship subordinate to the master. See also first mate
    verb
    mate (verb) · mates (third person present) · mated (past tense) · mated (past participle) · mating (present participle)
    1. (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate:
      "successful males may mate with many females"
      • bring (animals or birds) together for breeding:
        "a male is mated to several females"
    2. connect or be connected mechanically:
      "a four-cylinder engine mated to a five-speed gearbox"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Middle Low German māt(e) ‘comrade’, of West Germanic origin; related to meat (the underlying concept being that of eating together).
    mate
    [māt]
    noun
    mate (noun) · mates (plural noun)
    1. short for checkmate
    verb
    mate (verb) · mates (third person present) · mated (past tense) · mated (past participle) · mating (present participle)
    1. short for checkmate
    Origin
    Middle English: the noun from Anglo-Norman French mat (from the phrase eschec mat ‘checkmate’); the verb from Anglo-Norman French mater ‘to checkmate’.
    ma·té
    [ˈmäˌtā]
    noun
    maté tea (noun) · maté teas (plural noun) · maté (noun) · matés (plural noun)
    1. an infusion of the leaves of a South American shrub, which is high in caffeine and bitter:
      "maté has an agreeable slightly aromatic odor"
      • the leaves of the maté shrub.
    2. the South American shrub of the holly family which produces maté leaves.
    Origin
    early 18th century: from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.
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    noun
    1. a fellow member or joint occupant of a specified thing:
      partner
      husband
      wife
      spouse
      lover
      amour
      significant other
      inamorato
      inamorata
      companion
      helpmate
      consort
      live-in lover
      helpmeet
    2. a friend or companion:
      friend
      companion
      boon companion
      comrade
      intimate
      familiar
      confidant
      alter ego
      playmate
      classmate
      schoolmate
      workmate
      team-mate
      flatmate
      roommate
      compeer
      fidus Achates
      second self
      • used as a friendly form of address between men or boys:
        man
        my friend
    3. an assistant to a skilled worker:
      assistant
      helper
      apprentice
      subordinate
      collaborator
      accomplice
      aider and abetter
      verb
      1. (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate:
        copulation
        copulating
        coupling
        sexual intercourse
        intercourse
        sex
        procreation
        pairing
        breeding
        union
        coitus
        coition
        breed
        couple
        copulate
        sexually active
        • bring (animals or birds) together for breeding:
          couple
          pair
          join
          bring together
       
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