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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mate

1	n v	a person's partner in marriage engage in sexual intercourse
2	n	South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
3	n v	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mate

n a person's partner in marriage

Synonyms:: better half, married person, partner, spouse

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prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861); Bathsheba
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC); Catherine of Aragon
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536); Anne Hathaway
wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623); Marquise de Maintenon
French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719); Rachel
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin; Rebecca
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau; Ruth
the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament; Sarah
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

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someone who marries one person while already legally married to another; consort
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch; helpmate, helpmeet
a helpful partner; hubby, husband, married man
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage; monogamist, monogynist
someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time); honeymooner, newlywed
someone recently married; polygamist
someone who is married to two or more people at the same time; married woman, wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage; battle-ax, battle-axe
a sharp-tongued domineering wife; benedick, benedict
a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor); bride
a woman who has recently been married; crown princess
the wife of a crown prince; cuckold
a man whose wife committed adultery; family man
a man whose family is of major importance in his life; first lady
the wife of a chief executive; golf widow
a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf; bridegroom, groom
a man who has recently been married; honest woman
a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time); house husband, househusband
a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income; homemaker, housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income; marchioness
the wife or widow of a marquis; matron
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified; mayoress
the wife of a mayor; missis, missus
informal term of address for someone's wife; old lady
your own wife; polyandrist
a woman with two or more husbands; polygynist
a man with two or more wives; prince consort
a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign; sheika, sheikha
the wife of a sheik; signora
an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name; trophy wife
a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man; ux., uxor
(legal terminology) the Latin word for wife; uxoricide
a husband who murders his wife; vicereine
wife of a viceroy; viscountess
a wife or widow of a viscount

Type of:: domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship; relation, relative
a person related by blood or marriage

n the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

“he loved the mare and all her mates”

“camels hate leaving their mates”

Type of:: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

n one of a pair

“he lost the mate to his shoe”

Synonyms:: fellow

Type of:: singleton
a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

n an exact duplicate

Synonyms:: match

Type of:: duplicate, duplication
a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

n informal term for a friend of the same sex

Type of:: friend
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

n the officer below the master on a commercial ship

Synonyms:: first mate

Type of:: officer, ship's officer
a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

n a fellow member of a team

Synonyms:: teammate

Type of:: associate
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

v engage in sexual intercourse

“Birds mate in the Spring”

Synonyms:: copulate, couple, pair

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mate successfully; of livestock; bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
have sexual intercourse with; tread
mate with; serve, service
mate with; deflower, ruin
deprive of virginity; mount, ride
copulate with; breed, cover
copulate with a female, used especially of horses; bugger, sodomise, sodomize
practice anal sex upon; sodomise, sodomize
copulate with an animal; have, take
have sex with; archaic use; fornicate
have sex without being married; stand
be available for stud services

Type of:: conjoin, join
make contact or come together

v bring two objects, ideas, or people together

Synonyms:: couple, match, pair, twin

: match
give or join in marriage

Types:: mismate
provide with an unsuitable mate; mismatch
match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

Type of:: bring together, join
cause to become joined or linked

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

Synonyms:: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea

Type of:: holly
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges

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

Type of:: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
any liquid suitable for drinking

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

Synonyms:: checkmate

Type of:: chess move
the act of moving a chess piece

v place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

Synonyms:: checkmate

Type of:: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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