MATE
Definition of MATE
- (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; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- (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