1. mate - Noun
2. mate - Adjective
3. mate - Verb
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.
Same as Checkmate.
See 2d Mat.
To confuse; to confound.
To checkmate.
One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
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.
To match; to marry.
To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTrusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer made my mate. Robert Louis Stevenson
In songbirds, it is generally the male of the species that sings, and for some species, the larger the repertoire, the more likely it is to attract a mate. Daniel Levitin
The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. Terry Pratchett
The robin and the wren are God's cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God's mate and marrow. Tanzanian Proverb
What the wolf does pleases his mate. Basque Proverb
Never leave a mate behind. Finnish Proverb