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Definitions of mated in various dictionaries:
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
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| Simple past tense and past participle of mate. |
| fitted together or interlocked |
| (of animals or birds) come together for breeding copulate. |
| connect or be connected mechanically. |
| of or relating to a marriage partner |
| mated sexually |
| used of gloves, socks, etc. |
| A bitter infusion of the leaves of a South American shrub, which is high in caffeine. |
| The South American shrub of the holly family which produces mat leaves. |
| The sexual partner of a bird or other animal. |
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In biology, mating (or mateing in British English) is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms, usually for the purposes of sexual reproduction. Some definitions limit the term to pairing between animals, while other definitions extend the term to mating in plants and fungi. Fertilization is the fusion of both sex cell or gamete. Copulation is the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals for insemination and subsequent internal fertilization. Mating may also lead to external fertilization, as seen in amphibians, fishes and plants. For the majority of species, mating is between two individuals of opposite sexes. However, for some hermaphroditic species, copulation is not required because the parent organism is capable of self-fertilization (autogamy); for example, banana slugs. * The term mating is also applied to related processes in bacteria, archaea and viruses. Mating in these cases involves the pairing of individuals, accompanied by the pair |