Mate is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MATE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to couple with
• (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate
• bring (animals) together for breeding
• connect or be connected mechanically
• To confuse; to confound.
• To checkmate.
• 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.
• engage in sexual intercourse
• bring two objects, ideas, or people together
• place an opponent\'s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
• pair (animals) or (of animals) be paired for reproduction
NOUN:
• the sexual partner of a bird or other animal
• one of a matched pair
• a fellow member or joint occupant of a specified thing
• a friend or companion
• used as a friendly form of address between men or boys
• an assistant or deputy in certain trades
• an officer on a merchant ship subordinate to the master.
• 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.
• 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.
• A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
• 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.
• the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• a fellow member of a team
• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
• a person\'s partner in marriage
• an exact duplicate
• South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
• informal term for a friend of the same sex
• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent\'s king
• friend
• a person's husband, wife, or other sexual partner
ADJECTIVE:
• See 2d Mat.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to join as mates (partners in a union)

Words related to MATE

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Words that contain MATE

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How to use MATE in a sentence

• While his mate is sitting, his song reminds her of his presence, and inspires her with a feeling of security and content, during the period of her confinement.
• Nat tried to close with him, but the mate stopped that.
• When we had finished, I noticed that the Second Mate remained on the yard until we were all in the rigging.
• She was, in all respects, a fitting mate for her attractive husband.
• It was this answering signal from me, that induced my mate not to quit the boat, and to keep Neb with him.
• Its mate was standing beside it, mourning its loss.
• As a matter of fact, the Lady Desdemona had not the faintest idea why she should adopt this tone and manner toward her mate.
• My mate, Philip, was so successful with his little school in the tent that he was promoted to another at the Rocky Waterholes, and then he went to the township at Lake Nyalong.
• But he did not appear to do so, and it was no part of my duty to make mischief between the captain and his first mate.
• One by one flitting, Like a mournful bird Whose song is tired at last For no mate heard.
• The lark yet on the hillside slumbers Beside his mate in grassy nest.
• Not for that had she driven from her as honest a man as had ever wished to mate with a woman.
• Any woman should be proud and glad to be his mate, to mother his children.
• Cardatas, who owned a share in her, had sailed upon her as first mate, but he had never before commanded her.
• The first mate, as it appeared, was in the cabin shaving himself, previous to his going on shore to the owner to report the supposed loss of his superior.
• It so happened, that at the very same moment that they came on board, the first mate was ascending the companion hatch, to order a boat to be lowered down and manned.
• He arrived in Africa, took in a considerable number of slaves, and in order to complete his cargo, went on shore, leaving his mate in charge of the vessel.
• Without hesitation he stepped into the boat, taking with him his second mate, three soldiers and a sailor boy, and proceeded to the pirate.
• And oh, Mate, if you could only see the change in him! As revolutions seem to be in order, Dolly has worked a prize one on him, I think.
• Third mate had the bridge, and he rang for engines hard astern.
• For nine years he sailed between Bordeaux and the French West Indies, returning at length with the rank of first mate, or, as the French term it, lieutenant of his vessel.
• Then he dropped down into the grass and ran off to the nest where his mate was sitting on five speckled eggs.

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