(chess) Clipping of checkmate.

(chess) Clipping of checkmate.

A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. / (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.

(intransitive) To match, fit together without space between. / (intransitive) To copulate. / (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring. / (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.

(obsolete) To confuse; to confound.

Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis). / The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".

simple past tense and past participle of mate

fitted together or interlocked

Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.