Mate Definition

māt

mated, mates, mating

noun

mates

One of a pair, esp. of a matched pair.

Webster's New World

A chum; buddy; pal.

Webster's New World

Either of a pair of birds or other animals that associate in order to propagate.

American Heritage Medicine

A husband or wife; spouse.

Webster's New World

A companion, comrade, or fellow worker.

Webster's New World

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verb

mated, mates, mating

To become mated.

Webster's New World

To join as a pair; couple.

Webster's New World

To couple in marriage or sexual union.

Webster's New World

To cause (organisms) to breed or bring (organisms) into close proximity for breeding.

American Heritage

To provide with a mate.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Mate

Singular:

mate

Plural:

From Middle English, from Middle Low German mate (“messmate") (replacing Middle English mette from Old English Ä¡emetta (“sharer of food, table-guest")), derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“together") (related to German and Dutch ge-) + Proto-Germanic *matjô (from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food")), related to Old English mete (“food")). More at co-, meat.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English verb maten, Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate"), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French mat checkmated from Arabic māt he has died checkmate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Middle Low German gemate, mate messmate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
American Spanish from Quechua mati calabash container

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
See maté

From Wiktionary