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nounthe officer below the master on a commercial ship
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nouna person's partner in marriage
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nouna chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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"he lost the mate to his shoe"nounone of a pair
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nounSouth American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"verbplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
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"it was his first start against his former teammates"nouna fellow member of a team
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"Birds mate in the Spring"verbengage in sexual intercourse
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verbbring two objects, ideas, or people togethertype of:
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nounan exact duplicate
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nouninformal term for a friend of the same sextype of:
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nounSouth American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
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"he loved the mare and all her mates" "camels hate leaving their mates"nounthe partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
Examples of mate
- "he lost the mate to his shoe"
- "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
- "it was his first start against his former teammates"
- "Birds mate in the Spring"
- "he loved the mare and all her mates"
- "camels hate leaving their mates"