1. mate - noun
· the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Synonym(s): first_mate
Hypernym(s): officer, ship%27s_officer
2. mate - noun
· a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
Synonym(s): teammate
Hypernym(s): associate
3. mate - noun
· the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
Hypernym(s): animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
4. mate - noun
· a person's partner in marriage
Synonym(s): spouse, partner, married_person, better_half
Hypernym(s): relative, relation, domestic_partner, significant_other, spousal_equivalent, spouse_equivalent
5. mate - noun
· an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
Synonym(s): match
Hypernym(s): duplicate, duplication
6. mate - noun
· one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
Synonym(s): fellow
Hypernym(s): singleton
7. mate - noun
· South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
Synonym(s): Paraguay_tea, Ilex_paraguariensis
Hypernym(s): holly
8. mate - noun
· informal term for a friend of the same sex
Hypernym(s): friend
9. mate - noun
· South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
Hypernym(s): beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
10. mate - noun
· a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Synonym(s): checkmate
Hypernym(s): chess_move
11. mate - verb
· engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
Synonym(s): copulate, pair, couple
12. mate - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): match, couple, pair, twin
Hypernym(s): join
13. mate - 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"
Synonym(s): checkmate
Hypernym(s): beat, beat_out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
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