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Mate   /meɪt/   Listen
noun
Mate  n.  The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.


Mate  n.  (Chess) Same as Checkmate.


Mate  n.  
1.
One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
2.
Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
3.
A suitable companion; a match; an equal. "Ye knew me once no mate For you; there sitting where you durst not soar."
4.
(Naut.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.


verb
Mate  v. t.  
1.
To confuse; to confound. (Obs.)
2.
To checkmate.


Mate  v. t.  (past & past part. mated; pres. part. mating)  
1.
To match; to marry. "If she be mated with an equal husband."
2.
To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. "There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death." "I,... in the way of loyalty and truth,... Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be."
3.
To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd.
4.
To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link; as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut inaccessible branches.


Mate  v. i.  To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.


adjective
Mate  adj.  See 2d Mat. (Obs.)





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"Mate" Quotes from Famous Books



... farmer and a lawyer occupied the same seat in a railroad car. When the conductor came the farmer presented his ticket, and the lawyer a pass. The farmer's features did not conceal his disgust when he discovered that his seat-mate was a deadhead. The lawyer, trying to assuage the indignation of the observing granger, said to him: "My friend, you travel very cheaply on this road." "I think so myself," replied the farmer, "considering the fact that I have to pay ...
— The Railroad Question - A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and - remedies for their abuses • William Larrabee
... long. Straight as an eagle to its mate, he swept through the hall and knocked at the door of Jean's room. There was no response. He knocked again, turned the handle, entered, and found the room empty. The tin soldier on the shelf shouted, "Welcome, welcome—comrade," but Derry had no ears ...
— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey
... woman still corresponded to the type which he had chosen for his mate; for true womanliness was inseparably associated in his mind with those qualities which had awakened for generations the impulse of sexual selection in the men of his race. Though he enjoyed Abby, he refused stubbornly to admire her, since evolution, which moves ...
— Virginia • Ellen Glasgow
... fishing tour in Scotland. After this explanation, he ordered the vessel to be laid up in the harbor, gave the sailing-master leave of absence to return to his family at Cowes, and paid off the whole of the crew from the mate to the cabin-boy. By these means he cleared the scene, at one blow, of the only people in the town who knew of the existence of his unhappy wife. After that the news of his approaching marriage might be made public without risk of discovery, his own common name being of itself ...
— The Queen of Hearts • Wilkie Collins
... tree an' pelted him with th' monsthrous fruit iv this cillybrated viggytable. Now, it is well known that however aven they may be in a boording house, th' wolf is no match f'r a cow in a tree. But this was no ordhinary wolf. As he heerd th' low cry iv' his mate he was indowed with th' strength iv a thousand piany movers. With a gesture iv impatience he shed his coat, f'r it was Spring, childher, an' he shud've been more careful; he shed his coat, swiftly climbed th' tree an' boldly advanced on th' foe. His inimy give ...
— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne


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