mate
Meaning of mate
- 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
- a friend or companion.
my best mate Steve
- an assistant or deputy in certain trades.
a plumber's mate
- (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.
successful males may mate with many females
ovulation occurs only if mating has taken place
- connect or be connected mechanically.
the four-cylinder engine is mated to a five-speed gearbox
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).
noun
short for checkmate (noun).
verb
short for checkmate (verb).
Middle English: the noun from Anglo-Norman French mat (from the phrase eschec mat ‘checkmate’); the verb from Anglo-Norman French mater ‘to checkmate’.
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.
early 18th century: from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati .
Information about mate
- The plural form of mate is: mates.
- Languages in which mate is used:
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- mate is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
mate synonyms
Meaning teammate:
Meaning spouse:
Meaning match:
Meaning checkmate:
Meaning copulate:
Meaning a married man considered in relation to his spouse:
Meaning a married woman considered in relation to her spouse:
Meaning a partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage:
Meaning a love affair or lover, especially one that is secret:
Meaning a person's male lover:
Meaning a person's female lover:
Meaning a person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels:
Meaning a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife:
Meaning a wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch:
Meaning a humorous or affectionate way of referring to a person's husband:
Meaning a person's wife:
Meaning a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations:
Meaning (among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization:
Meaning a very close friend:
Meaning a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal:
Meaning a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others:
Meaning a friend with whom a child plays:
Meaning a fellow member of a class at school, college, or university:
Meaning a person who attends or attended the same school as oneself:
Meaning a person with whom one works:
Meaning a person who shares a flat with others:
Meaning a friend:
Meaning a close friend:
Meaning a person's assistant or close associate, especially one who has less authority than that person:
Meaning (often as a form of address) a man; a friend:
Meaning a thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship:
Meaning a close friend or companion:
Meaning a fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material:
Meaning a person who removes dirt and waste, especially from mines or stables:
Meaning a filled or open sandwich:
Meaning a colleague or friend:
Meaning used to address or refer to a friend, chiefly in Spanish-speaking areas:
Meaning a way of addressing or referring to a friend or companion:
Meaning (among people of Italian or Spanish descent) a fellow countryman or friend (often as a term of address):
Meaning a group of people with a shared characteristic:
Meaning an acquaintance from one's own town or neighbourhood, or from the same social background:
Meaning a long white-fleshed gourd with green skin, which is eaten as a vegetable:
Meaning a friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address):
Meaning a person of equal rank, status, or ability:
Meaning a person who ranks below a senior person:
Meaning a person who helps someone else:
Meaning a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages:
Meaning a person under the authority or control of another within an organization:
Meaning a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate:
Meaning a person who helps another commit a crime:
Meaning (of animals) mate and then produce offspring:
Meaning sexual intercourse:
Meaning have sexual intercourse:
Meaning a device for connecting parts of machinery:
Meaning communication or dealings between individuals or groups:
Meaning determine the sex of:
Meaning the production of offspring; reproduction:
Meaning an arrangement or match resulting from forming people or things into pairs:
Meaning the mating and production of offspring by animals:
Meaning the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context:
Meaning another term for coitus:
Translation of mate
- Spanish: mate, aparearse, ajustarse, acoplar, copular
- French: maté, accoupler, copuler
- Italian: mate, matè, accoppiarsi, accoppiare, appaiare, secondo, copulare
- Portuguese: acoplar
Anagrams of mate
Etam, meat, Meta, meta, Tame, tame, team, Tema
Words that rhyme with mate
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