mate

Noun

mate (plural: mates)

1. An informal way of addressing a stranger in UK, Australia, NZ (USA and Canada use buddy).
2. A slightly informal term for a friend in UK, Australia, NZ (USA and Canada use buddy).
3. Scientific term for a sexual partner (see mating), particularly with breeding animals.
4. One member of a matched pair of objects (the mate to this sock).
5. A ship"s officer, subordinate to the captain.
6. A technical assistant (gasfitter"s mate).
7. Checkmate.

4 letters in word "mate": A E M T.

Anagrams of mate:

• meat

• meta

• tame

• team

Words found within mate:

ae am at ate ea eat em et eta ma mae mat me met ta tae tam te tea

• Definitions:
• the officer below the master on a commercial ship teammate: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" spouse: a person's partner in marriage match: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea informal term for a friend of the same sex copulate: make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "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" checkmate: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king checkmate: 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"
• Mate may refer to: * Mate (colloquialism), a British colloquialism used to refer to a friend, also common in Australia and New Zealand, and in South Africa.* Mate, one of a pair of animals
• Mate (pronounced ) is a highly caffeinated infusion prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in hot water. It is the national drink in Uruguay and Argentina and a common social practice in Paraguay and parts of Chile, Brazil, Lebanon, and Syria.
• Strictly the mate gourd or receptacle, but used generally to describe the national "tea" drink.
• Short for checkmate.
• An officer of a merchant vessel ranking below the captain.
• An assistant to the captain.
• A companion. Mate appears as early as the 13th century, as a corruption of the Dutch word "mattenoot." Loosely translated it means companion, or the person with whom you shared your hammock (one being on duty while the other slept in it. Hot bunking is not new!). ...
• A rank (no longer used) between midshipman and lieutenant.
• Officer who ranks second to the commander of the vessel.
• stands for multidrug and toxin extrusion
• (yerba mate, Paraguay tea): Dried leaves of a South American holly used to make a stimulating caffein-rich tea. Derives its name from the gourd, or mati, in which it is usually brewed and served. Available in Latin American and health. food stores. Store tightly covered. No substitute.
• Don’t worry about it, it will be fine.
• To breed a dog and bitch.
• A mate of a card is one of the same value or color, but different suit.
• "Wait" or "stop."
• The partner of an animal. The pair-bonding of birds. membrane : A thin, soft pliable sheet or layer of tissue covering an organ. moult : All birds must get rid of old worn feathers and grow new ones from time to time. This is done all at once (in a few weeks) and is called moulting. ...
• A state of the game in chess at which there is no legal move for the player whose turn it is to move. There can be no more play, so the game is at an end. If the player to move is in check the position is checkmate, while if he is not in check it is stalemate. ...
• This constraint position selects faces normal to one another with faces coincident.
• a friend. A term that is used affectionately to address friends and acquaintances ("How's it going, mate?"), to address strangers ("Excuse me, mate..."). Also used as a noun ("He is a good mate"). ...

• matchwoods ←
• matchwood ←
• matchups ←
• mate
• → mated
• → matelasse
• → matelasses