(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

(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.

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

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. / (zoology) Sexual union; copulation.

present participle of mate

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

plural of running mate

plural of team-mate