Definition of Mate

Verb: mate meyt

Engage in sexual intercourse
"Birds mate in the spring";
- copulate, pair, couple
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
"Matchmaker, can you mate my daughter with a nice young man?";
- match, couple, pair, twin
(chess) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
"Kasparov mated his opponent after only a few moves";
- checkmate

Noun: mate meyt

A fellow member of a team
"it was his first start against his former mates";
- teammate
The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
"he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
A person's partner in marriage
- spouse, partner, married person, better half, other half [Brit]
An exact duplicate
"when a mate is found an entry is made in the notebook";
- match
One of a pair
"he lost the mate to his shoe";
- fellow
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis
[Brit] Informal term for a friend of the same sex
A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- checkmate
An informal and friendly term of address to a stranger
- buddy
The officer below the master on a commercial ship
- first mate

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