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Mates

noun

1.

A pair of people who live together. Synonyms: couple, match.

Mate

noun

1.

The officer below the master on a commercial ship. Synonym: first mate.

2.

A fellow member of a team. Synonym: teammate.

3.

The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner). "Camels hate leaving their mates"

4.

A person's partner in marriage. Synonyms: better half, married person, partner, spouse.

5.

An exact duplicate. Synonym: match.

6.

One of a pair. Synonym: fellow. "One eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

7.

South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. Synonyms: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea.

8.

Informal term for a friend of the same sex.

9.

South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate.

10.

A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. Synonym: checkmate.

verb

(past & past part. mated; pres. part. mating)

1.

Engage in sexual intercourse. Synonyms: copulate, couple, pair.

2.

Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. Synonyms: couple, match, pair, twin. "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?" , "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

3.

Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game. Synonym: checkmate.

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"Mates" Quotes from Famous Books

... The only chance you have of safety is to be cool, watch my eye, and execute my orders with precision. Away to your stations for tacking ship. Hands by the best bower anchor. Mr. Wilson, attend below with the carpenter and his mates, ready to cut away the cable at the moment that I give the order. Silence there, fore and aft. Quartermaster, keep her full again for stays. Mind you ease the helm down when I tell you." About a minute passed before the captain gave any further orders. ...

— Great Sea Stories • Various

... the earth, he hid his wife and his children in a hollow tree or behind some heavy boulders, for he was surrounded on all sides by ferocious animals and when it was dark these animals began to prowl about, looking for something to eat for their mates and their own young, and they liked the taste of human beings. It was a world where you must either eat or be eaten, and life was very unhappy because it was ...

— The Story of Mankind • Hendrik van Loon

... things in't nor that, and yon's the hardest. But ye see it was jist an unlucky thochtless deed o' the puir auld sailor's, an' I'm thinkin' he was sair reprocht in's hert the minit he did it. His mates was fell angry at him, no for killin' the puir innocent craytur, but for fear o' ill luck in consequence. Syne when nane followed, they turned richt roun', an' took awa' the character o' the puir beastie ...

— David Elginbrod • George MacDonald

... see what I do to this cur of a Huguenot," snarled Captain Valbue. "And no more talk from either you or Jean Bart. Hear! Six out of eight of the crew agree that this Lanoix has wounded me and has slain one of his ship-mates—without proper ...

— Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea • Charles H. L. Johnston

... to the city, ma'am, found he'd sailed the morning before, in company with one of his mates, the worst boy ...

— Bertie and the Gardeners - or, The Way to be Happy • Madeline Leslie

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