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mate

1  [meyt] noun, verb, mat⋅ed, mat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. husband or wife; spouse.
2. one member of a pair of mated animals.
3. one of a pair: I can't find the mate to this glove.
4. a counterpart.
5. an associate; fellow worker; comrade; partner (often used in combination): classmate; roommate.
6. friend; buddy; pal (often used as an informal term of address): Let me give you a hand with that, mate.
7. Nautical.
a. first mate.
b. any of a number of officers of varying degrees of rank subordinate to the master of a merchant ship.
c. an assistant to a warrant officer or other functionary on a ship.
8. an aide or helper, as to an artisan; factotum.
9. a gear, rack, or worm engaging with another gear or worm.
10. Archaic. an equal in reputation; peer; match.
–verb (used with object)
11. to join as a mate or as mates.
12. to bring (animals) together for breeding purposes.
13. to match or marry.
14. to join, fit, or associate suitably: to mate thought with daring action.
15. to connect or link: a telephone system mated to a computerized information service.
16. to treat as comparable.
–verb (used without object)
17. to associate as a mate or as mates.
18. (of animals) to copulate.
19. (of animals) to pair for the purpose of breeding.
20. to marry.
21. (of a gear, rack, or worm) to engage with another gear or worm; mesh.
22. Archaic. to consort; keep company.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MLG; r. ME mette, OE gemetta messmate, guest. See meat

Related forms:
mateless, adjective
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mate

2  [meyt] noun, verb (used with object), mat⋅ed, mat⋅ing, interjection Chess.
checkmate (defs. 1, 3, 5).
Origin:
1175–1225; ME mat defeated (adj.), defeat (n.) < OF ≪ Pers; see checkmate

ma⋅te

3  [mah-tey, mat-ey]
–noun
maté.

ma⋅té

  [mah-tey, mat-ey, mah-tey]
–noun
1. a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree.
2. a South American tree, Ilex paraguariensis, that is the source of this beverage.
3. the dried leaves of this tree.
Also, mate.
Also called Paraguay tea, yerba maté.

Origin:
1710–20; < AmerSp mate, orig. the vessel in which the herb is steeped < Quechua mati

Mat.E.

 
Materials Engineer.

check⋅mate

  [chek-meyt] noun, verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, interjection
–noun
1. Also called mate. Chess.
a. an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion.
b. the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated.
2. a complete check; defeat: His efforts to escape met with a checkmate.
–verb (used with object)
3. Chess. to maneuver (an opponent's king) into a check from which it cannot escape; mate.
4. to check completely; defeat: Napoleon was checkmated at Waterloo.
–interjection
5. Chess. (used by a player to announce that he or she has put the opponent's king into inextricable check.)
Origin:
1300–50; ME chek mat(e) < MF escec mat < Ar shāh māt < Pers: lit., the king (is) checked, nonplussed

first mate

 
–noun
the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
Also called chief mate, chief officer, first officer, mate.
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mate 1   (māt)   
n.  

  1. One of a matched pair: the mate to this glove.

  2. A spouse.

    1. Either of a pair of animals or birds that associate in order to propagate.

    2. Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.

    3. A person with whom one is in close association; an associate.

    4. Chiefly British A good friend or companion.

    5. A person with whom one shares living quarters. Often used in combination: advertised for a new flatmate.

    1. A person with whom one is in close association; an associate.

    2. Chiefly British A good friend or companion.

    3. A person with whom one shares living quarters. Often used in combination: advertised for a new flatmate.

  5. A deck officer on a merchant ship ranking next below the master.

  6. A U.S. Navy petty officer who is an assistant to a warrant officer.

v.   mat·ed, mat·ing, mates

v.   tr.

  1. To join closely; pair.

  2. To unite in marriage.

  3. To pair (animals) for breeding.

v.   intr.

  1. To become joined in marriage.

    1. To be paired for reproducing; breed.

    2. To copulate.


[Middle English, from Middle Low German gemate, mate, messmate.]
mate 2   (māt)   
n.  A checkmate.
tr. & intr.v.   mat·ed, mat·ing, mates
To checkmate or achieve a checkmate.

[Middle English, from Old French mat, checkmated, from Arabic māt, he has died; see checkmate.]
ma·té   (mä'tā, mä-tě')   
n.  

  1. A South American evergreen tree (Ilex paraguariensis) widely cultivated for its leaves, which are used to prepare a tealike beverage.

  2. A tealike beverage, popular in South America, made from the dried leaves of this plant. Also called Paraguay tea, yerba maté.


[American Spanish, from Quechua mate, hollow gourd used as a bowl or container for brewing yerba maté.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mate
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: mated; mat·ing
transitive senses
: to pair or join for breeding mateintransitive senses
: COPULATE

Main Entry: ma·té
Variant: or ma·te /'mä-"tA/
Function: noun
1 : an aromatic beverage used chiefly in So.America and especially in Paraguay that has stimulant properties like those of coffee
2 : a So. American holly (Ilex paraguayensis) whose leaves and shoots are used inmaking maté; also : these leaves and shoots
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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mate 1 (māt)
n.

  1. A spouse.

  2. Either of a pair of animals or birds that associate in order to propagate.

  3. Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.

v. mat·ed, mat·ing, mates

  1. To become joined in marriage.

  2. To be paired for reproducing; breed.

  3. To copulate.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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