Mate
[meɪt] or [met]
Definition
(noun.) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate.
(noun.) the officer below the master on a commercial ship.
(noun.) informal term for a friend of the same sex.
(noun.) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); 'he loved the mare and all her mates'; 'camels hate leaving their mates'.
(noun.) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea.
(noun.) one of a pair; 'he lost the mate to his shoe'; 'one eye was blue but its fellow was brown'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Same as Checkmate.
(a.) See 2d Mat.
(v. t.) To confuse; to confound.
(v. t.) To checkmate.
(n.) One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
(n.) Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
(n.) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To match; to marry.
(v. t.) To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
(v. i.) 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.
Typist: Meg
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MATCH]
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Definition
n. a companion: an equal: one of a pair the male or female of animals that go in pairs: in a merchant-ship the first-mate is the second in command—in the navy the term is now confined to petty-officers such as boatswain's mate gunner's mate &c.: an assistant deputy.—v.t. to be equal to: to become a companion to: to marry.—adj. Mate′less without a mate or companion.
n. and v.t. in chess=Checkmate.
v.t. (Bacon) to weaken to confound to crush.
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Examples
- As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There is in that train one who will make me a better mate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On board serving as third mate was George Radfoot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But then the first mate lunged forward upon his face, and at a cry of command from Black Michael the mutineers charged the remaining four. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Again I tell you it is not the insignificant private individual--the mere man, with the man's selfish senses--I wish to mate: it is the missionary. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He relates, that a New-England sloop, trading there in 1752, left their second mate, William Murray, sick on shore, and sailed without him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He worshipped her as age worships youth, he gloried in her, because, in his one grain of faith, he was young as she, he was her proper mate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hasn't ye 'eard that devil's spawn of a capting an' is mates knockin' the bloomin' lights outen 'arf the crew? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The diamond is the hardest known substance in the world, cutting and grinding all other known hard things, but itself only cut and ground by its mates. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Amid brilliant tropical plants brilliant plumage may afford means of concealment, as well as being a factor in the securing of mates. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The fellow whom I had struck lay where he had fallen, nor did any of his mates approach him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He and the two mates, are as I learn, the only native-born Americans in the ship. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was impatient to get on my uniform and see how it looked, and probably wanted my old school-mates, particularly the girls, to see me in it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When the fighting was over there was no one left of our enemies except just the warders, the mates, and the doctor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In consequence of this hint, Lily found herself the centre of that feminine solicitude which envelops a young woman in the mating season. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Their mating is a matter of community interest solely, and is directed without reference to natural selection. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And here, Glaucon, I should like to ask (as I know that you are a breeder of birds and animals), Do you not take the greatest care in the mating? Plato. The Republic.
- He says he wants the demon part of himself to be mated--physically--not the human being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The mated pairs were prattling away quite happily, and Dobbin knew he was as clean forgotten as if he had never existed in this world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was not made so enduring to be mated with a lamb; I should find more congenial responsibility in the charge of a young lioness or leopardess. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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