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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

... was a subject of jest among her mates. At sixteen she suddenly thrust her foot forward into womanhood with saucy bravado, as it seemed. At seventeen she snatched it back—pettishly, some said, but there were those who looked deeper, and they discerned a certain vague terror in the movement—a dread of the unknown. Since ...

— The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives • Elizabeth Strong Worthington

... fire within. All was again terror and confusion, but our captain still remained self-possessed. He saw that every hope of saving the ship was gone; and at once ordered all the boats made ready, and well stored with provisions. To the first and second mates, with a portion of the crew, he assigned two of the boats, and in the third and largest he embarked himself with four stout men and the passengers, twelve in all. The sky was still overcast with clouds, and the sea rolled heavily from the effects of the brief ...

— Lizzy Glenn - or, The Trials of a Seamstress • T. S. Arthur

... Desire and potency can exist only within the pair; never outside it. Like eagles. If a man's wife dies, even, he loses all desire and all potency. That would make it physically impossible for you two to follow the Hodellian Code. You'd both be completely impotent with any women whatever except your mates—Belle and me." ...

— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith

... gives us many a hard floggin', before we learn the day's lessons. And we find the benches hard, long before sundown. And it makes our hearts ache to see the mates we love droop their too tired heads in sleep, all round us before school is out. But we grind on at our lessons, as best we may. Learnin' a little maybe. Havin' to onlearn a sight, as the pinters move on towards four. Clasping hands ...

— Samantha at Saratoga • Marietta Holley

... once the tires caught the car-tracks Silver knew what to expect. At the turn he and his team mates could feel Lannigan gathering in the reins as though for a full stop. Next came the whistle of the whip. It swept across their flanks so quickly that it was practically one stroke for them all. At the same moment Lannigan leaned far forward and shot out his driving ...

— Horses Nine - Stories of Harness and Saddle • Sewell Ford

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