VERB | contact | mate, copulate, pair, couple | engage in sexual intercourse |
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contact | mate, match, couple, pair, twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together | |
competition | mate, checkmate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game / game / game | |
NOUN | person | mate, first mate | the officer below the master on a commercial ship |
person | mate, teammate | a fellow member of a team | |
person | mate | the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | |
person | mate, spouse, partner, married person, better half | a person's partner in marriage | |
artifact | mate, match | an exact duplicate | |
quantity | mate, fellow | one of a pair | |
plant | mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis | South American holly | |
person | mate | informal term for a friend of the same sex | |
food | mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | |
act | mate, checkmate | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king |
Sounds | mey't | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | The officer below the master on a commercial ship. | |
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Synonym | first mate | |
Broader | officer, ship's officer | A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel |
Spanish | primer oficial, segundo | |
Catalan | oficial primer, primer oficial, segon de bord |
Meaning | A fellow member of a team. | |
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Example | "it was his first start against his former teammates" | |
Synonym | teammate | |
Broader | associate | A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor |
Spanish | compañero de equipo | |
Catalan | company d'equip |
Meaning | The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner). | |
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Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
Spanish | pareja | |
Catalan | parella | |
Verbs | mate | engage in sexual intercourse |
Meaning | An exact duplicate. | |
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Synonym | match | |
Broader | duplicate, duplication | A copy that corresponds to an original exactly |
Spanish | coincidencia, contraparte, equivalente, pareja, par, semejante | |
Catalan | coincidència | |
Verbs | mate | bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
Meaning | One of a pair. | |
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Example | "he lost the mate to his shoe" | |
Synonym | fellow | |
Part of | couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | Two items of the same kind |
Broader | singleton | A single object (as distinguished from a pair) |
Meaning | South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. | |
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Synonyms | Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis | |
Broader | holly | Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges |
Spanish | mate | |
Catalan | Ilex paraguariensis, mate |
Meaning | informal term for a friend of the same sex. | |
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Region | Australia, Commonwealth of Australia | A nation occupying the whole / whole of the Australian continent |
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles | |
Broader | friend | A person you know well and regard with affection and trust |
Adjectives | matey | (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals |
Meaning | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. | |
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Broader | beverage, drink, drinkable, potable | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking |
Spanish | mate | |
Catalan | mate |
Meaning | A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. | |
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Synonym | checkmate | |
Broader | chess move | The act of moving a chess piece |
Spanish | jaque mate, mate | |
Catalan | escac i mat | |
Verbs | mate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game / game / game |
Meaning | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | match, couple, pair, twin | |
Narrower | mismatch | match badly |
mismate | Provide with an unsuitable mate | |
Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
Similar to | match | Give or join in marriage |
Spanish | acoplar, casar, emparejar, relacionar | |
Catalan | acoblar, aparellar, casar, relacionar | |
Nouns | mate | an exact duplicate |
Meaning | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game / game / game. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" | |
Synonym | checkmate | |
Category | chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules |
Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
Spanish | dar mate a | |
Catalan | fer escac i mat a | |
Nouns | mate | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king |
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