Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also
OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. {Make} a companion,
{Match} a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion;
an associate; any object which is associated or combined
with a similar object.
2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the
lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation
and the care of their young.
3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
Ye knew me once no mate For you; there sitting where
you durst not soar. --Milton.
4. (Naut.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Ma"te\, n. [Sp.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat. See
{Checkmate}.] (Chess)
Same as {Checkmate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, a.
See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate,
checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.]
1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To checkmate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mating}.]
1. To match; to marry.
If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.
2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to
compete with.
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but
it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.
I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare
mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mate \Mate\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mate
n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: {first
mate}]
2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against
his former teammates" [syn: {teammate}]
3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he
loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving
their mates"
4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: {spouse}, {partner}, {married
person}, {better half}]
5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made
in the notebook" [syn: {match}]
6: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
[syn: {Paraguay tea}, {Ilex paraguariensis}]
7: informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the
same sex
8: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South
American holly called mate
9: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: {checkmate}]
v 1: make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: {copulate}, {pair},
{couple}]
2: 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" [syn: {match},
{couple}, {pair}, {twin}]
3: copulate, of animals
4: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it
cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of
chess; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few
moves" [syn: {checkmate}]
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