mates Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a pair of people who live together
couple; match.
- a married couple from Chicago
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noun the officer below the master on a commercial ship
first mate; mate.
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noun a fellow member of a team
mate; teammate.
- it was his first start against his former teammates
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noun the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
mate.
- he loved the mare and all her mates
- camels hate leaving their mates
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noun a person's partner in marriage
partner; married person; spouse; mate; better half.
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noun an exact duplicate
mate; match.
- when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
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noun one of a pair
mate; fellow.
- he lost the mate to his shoe
- one eye was blue but its fellow was brown
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noun South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
Ilex paraguariensis; mate; Paraguay tea.
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noun informal term for a friend of the same sex
mate.
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noun South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
mate.
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noun a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
mate; checkmate.
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verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate; copulate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
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verb bring two objects, ideas, or people together
pair; couple; mate; twin; match.
- This fact is coupled to the other one
- Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
- The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
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verb place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
mate; checkmate.
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
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verb twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
entangle; snarl; tangle; mat.
- The child entangled the cord
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verb change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
mat up; mat; matte up; felt; matt-up; matte; felt up.
- The fabric felted up after several washes
