MATE

Definition of MATE

  1. (noun)the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  2. (noun)a fellow member of a team
  3. (noun)the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
  4. (noun)a person's partner in marriage
  5. (noun)an exact duplicate
  6. (noun)one of a pair
  7. (noun)South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
  8. (noun)informal term for a friend of the same sex
  9. (noun)South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
  10. (noun)a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
  11. (verb)engage in sexual intercourse
  12. (verb)bring two objects, ideas, or people together
  13. (verb)place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game