Dictionary Entry
mate
mate is a 4-letter English word with 25 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 25 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Same as Checkmate.
- 3adjective
See 2d Mat.
- 4transitive verb
To confuse; to confound.
- 5transitive verb
To checkmate.
- 6noun
One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
- 7noun
Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
- 8noun
A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- 9noun
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.
- 10transitive verb
To match; to marry.
- 11transitive verb
To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
- 12intransitive verb
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.
- 13noun
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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- 14noun
an exact duplicate
"when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
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- 15noun
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- 16noun
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- 17noun
informal term for a friend of the same sex
- 18noun
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
"he loved the mare and all her mates"
"camels hate leaving their mates"
- 19noun
a person's partner in marriage
- 20noun
a fellow member of a team
"it was his first start against his former teammates"
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- 21noun
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- 22noun
one of a pair
"he lost the mate to his shoe"
"one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
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- 23verb
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"
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- 24verb
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?"
- 25verb
engage in sexual intercourse
"Birds mate in the Spring"
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