Mate

v. bring together for breeding; pair, couple; copulate (of animals); marry; achieve the position of checkmate in the game of chess

n. friend, companion; co-worker, colleague; spouse, marital partner; partner; fellow sailor; one of a pair of matched items; each of a pair of animals that live and breed together; position of checkmate in the game of chess

n. South American evergreen bush cultivated for its leaves which are used to make tea; Paraguay tea, beverage made from steeping the leaves of the mate bush in hot water

Mate may refer to:Mate (colloquialism), a colloquialism used to refer to a friend and is commonly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland. Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in matingA deck officer aboard a merchant ship, such as the Chief Mate, Second Mate, or Third MateMate (beverage), the popular caffeinated beverage made from Yerba mateMahte, a goddess in Latvian mythology, also spelled "Māte"Mate was a commissioned rank between 1840 and 1860, what is now called a Sub-Lieutenant.
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Gábor Máté (born 9 February 1979) is a Hungarian discus thrower.His personal best throw is 66.54 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Walnut.
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This article is about the plant, for the drink see mate (beverage). Yerba mate / Erva-mate*, Ilex paraguariensis, is a species of holly (family Aquifoliaceae) native to subtropical South America in Argentina, eastern Paraguay, western Uruguay and southern Brazil. The yerba mate plant is a shrub or small tree growing up to 15 meters tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm wide, with a serrated margin. The  flowers are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The fruit is a red berry 4–6 mm diameter.
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Noun
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
(synonym) first mate
(hypernym) officer, ship's officer
2. a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
(synonym) teammate
(hypernym) associate
3. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
(hypernym) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
(derivation) copulate, pair, couple
4. a person's partner in marriage
(synonym) spouse, partner, married person, better half
(hypernym) relative, relation
(hyponym) bigamist
(member-holonym) marriage, married couple, man and wife
(derivation) copulate, pair, couple
5. an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
(synonym) match
(hypernym) duplicate, duplication
(derivation) match, couple, pair, twin
6. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
(synonym) Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis
(hypernym) holly
7. informal term for a friend of the same sex
(hypernym) friend
(classification) Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
8. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
(hypernym) beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
9. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
(synonym) checkmate
(hypernym) chess move
(derivation) checkmate
Verb
1. make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
(synonym) copulate, pair, couple
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) nick
(derivation) spouse, partner, married person, better half
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"
(synonym) match, couple, pair, twin
(hypernym) join, bring together
(hyponym) mismate
(verb-group) match
(derivation) match
3. 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"
(synonym) checkmate
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(derivation) checkmate
(classification) chess, chess game

adj. matt; dull, flat

v. subdue, bring to heel; master, break; watch, look

n. mate, Paraguay tea