MATE
\mˈe͡ɪt], \mˈeɪt], \m_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of MATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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the officer below the master on a commercial ship
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South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
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the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
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informal term for a friend of the same sex
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place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
By Princeton University
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a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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the officer below the master on a commercial ship
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South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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copulate, of animals
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South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
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informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex
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the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Same as Checkmate.
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See 2d Mat.
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To confuse; to confound.
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To checkmate.
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One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
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Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
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A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
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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.
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To match; to marry.
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To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Same as Checkmate.
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See 2d Mat.
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To confuse; to confound.
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To checkmate.
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One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
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Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
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A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
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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.
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To match; to marry.
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To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A companion or associate; an equal; the male or female of a pair of animals for breeding; a ship's officer ranking below the captain.
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To match; to equal; marry; of animals, to pair.
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To be coupled or united.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A companion: an equal: the male or female of animals that go in pairs: in a merchant-ship, the second in command: an assistant.
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To be equal to: to match: to marry.
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In chess. Same as CHECKMATE.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To join, or be joined, as mates.
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In chess, to checkmate.
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A companion; husband; wife; match.
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An officer of a merchant ship ranking below a captain.
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In chess, a checkmate.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Icelandic] One who customarily associates with another; a companion;— a husband or wife;— an officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain;— a subordinate officer; an assistant;— the male or female of animals which pair in breeding;— one who eats at the same table; messmate;— one who studies in the same class form; schoolmate;— The condition of the king in chess, when he cannot move or escape; checkmate.
