mate

Definitions of mate in various dictionaries:

noun - the officer below the master on a commercial ship

noun - a fellow member of a team

noun - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

noun - a person's partner in marriage

noun - an exact duplicate

noun - one of a pair

noun - South American holly

noun - informal term for a friend of the same sex

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

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

verb - engage in sexual intercourse

verb - bring two objects, ideas, or people together

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

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

A spouse.

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

Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.

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

A good friend or companion.

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

A U.

To join closely; pair.

To unite in marriage.

To pair (animals) for breeding.

To become joined in marriage.

To be paired for reproducing; breed.

To copulate.

A checkmate.

verb - to join as mates (partners in a union)