Synonyms:
mate, first_mate
Meaning: the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Synonyms:
teammate, mate
Meaning: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
Synonyms:
mate
Meaning: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
Synonyms:
spouse, partner, married_person, mate, better_half
Meaning: a person's partner in marriage
Synonyms:
match, mate
Meaning: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
copulate, mate, pair, couple
Meaning: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
Synonyms:
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
Meaning: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
Usage examples
Mate fever.
Mate fever.
Mate down with fever.
MATE SCOTT'S GRAPHIC STORY
Who will come and be my mate?"
Mate and skipper down with fever.
"No more do I, mate," he answered.
"I'll mate you in four moves," he predicted.
"Look alive there, Mate!" sang out Father De Smet.
"They're called parashoots, mate; but why, I can't say.