mate
noun
[ meɪt ]
• the sexual partner of a bird or other animal.
• "a male bird sings to court a mate"
• a fellow member or joint occupant of a specified thing.
• "his table-mates"
Similar:
partner,
husband,
wife,
spouse,
lover,
live-in lover,
amour,
significant other,
inamorato,
inamorata,
companion,
helpmate,
helpmeet,
consort,
other half,
better half,
hubby,
missus,
missis,
old man,
old lady,
old woman,
old dutch,
trouble and strife,
• a friend or companion.
• "my best mate Steve"
Similar:
friend,
companion,
boon companion,
comrade,
intimate,
familiar,
confidant,
alter ego,
second self,
playmate,
classmate,
schoolmate,
workmate,
team-mate,
flatmate,
room-mate,
pal,
chum,
buddy,
bosom pal,
sidekick,
cully,
spar,
crony,
main man,
china,
mucker,
butty,
oppo,
amigo,
compadre,
paisan,
cohort,
bro,
gabba,
homeboy,
marrow,
marrer,
marra,
compeer,
fidus Achates,
• an assistant or deputy in certain trades.
• "a plumber's mate"
mate
verb
• (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.
• "successful males may mate with many females"
Similar:
breed,
couple,
copulate,
copulation,
copulating,
coupling,
sexual intercourse,
intercourse,
sex,
procreation,
pairing,
breeding,
union,
coitus,
coition,
sexually active,
• connect or be connected mechanically.
• "the four-cylinder engine is 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
noun
• short for checkmate (noun).
mate
verb
• short for checkmate (verb).
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’.
maté
noun
• a bitter infusion of the leaves of a South American shrub, which is high in caffeine.
• "maté has an agreeable slightly aromatic odor"
• the South American shrub of the holly family which produces maté leaves.
Origin:
early 18th century: from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati .
