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mate

[meɪt]noun, verb1 syllable

Mate means: bring two objects, ideas, or people together.

Synonyms for mate30

noun, as in a person's partner in marriage

spouse, partner, married person, better half

noun, as in South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis

noun, as in the officer below the master on a commercial ship

first mate

noun, as in a fellow member of a team

teammate

noun, as in an exact duplicate

match

noun, as in one of a pair

fellow

noun, as in a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

checkmate

verb, as in bring two objects, ideas, or people together

match, couple, pair, twin

verb, as in engage in sexual intercourse

copulate, pair, couple

verb, as in place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

checkmate

also used for mate

fere, friend, buddy, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, butty, approach, cohabit, common, company, engage in sex

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What does mate mean?13

verb

1

bring two objects, ideas, or people together“This fact is coupled to the other one”

2

engage in sexual intercourse“Birds mate in the spring”

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”

noun

1

a person's partner in marriage

2

South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

3

the officer below the master on a commercial ship

4

a fellow member of a team“it was his first start against his former teammates”

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”

7

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

8

the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)“he loved the mare and all her mates”

9

informal term for a friend of the same sex

10

South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mate?44

three syllables

interstate
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All 44 rhymes for mate, grouped by syllable

Mate in a sentence

  • Ospreys often mate for life, though instances of polyandry have been observed.boink
  • What are you gonna do about it, mate?pkill
  • During the breeding season, male lions will defend their territory and mate with females.Amastan
  • I don't even know what you are called, mate.JimmyUK
  • Excuse me, sorry mate, you haven't got the time have you?JimmyUK
  • If you mate a horse with an ass you will get a mule.unknown
  • He was dropped because of his running mate.unknown
  • My beer was finished off by my room-mate.eastasiastudent

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Forms of mate

as a noun

plural
mates

as a verb

past tense
mated
present participle
mating
third-person singular
mates
past participle
mated