Mate Meaning

There are 13 meaning(s) for word Mate

Meaning 1 : the officer below the master on a commercial ship

    Synonyms : first mate
Meaning 2 : a person's partner in marriage

    Synonyms : better half,  married person,  partner,  spouse
Meaning 3 : a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

    Synonyms : checkmate
Meaning 4 : one of a pair

    Example : he lost the mate to his shoe

    Synonyms : fellow
Meaning 5 : South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

    Synonyms : ilex paraguariensis,  paraguay tea
Meaning 6 : place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

    Example : Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

    Synonyms : checkmate
Meaning 7 : a fellow member of a team

    Example : it was his first start against his former teammates

    Synonyms : teammate
Meaning 8 : engage in sexual intercourse

    Example : Birds mate in the Spring

    Synonyms : copulate,  couple,  pair
Meaning 9 : bring two objects, ideas, or people together

    Synonyms : couple,  match,  pair,  twin
Meaning 10 : an exact duplicate

    Synonyms : match
Meaning 11 : informal term for a friend of the same sex

Meaning 12 : South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

Meaning 13 : the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

    Example : he loved the mare and all her mates,camels hate leaving their mates