1. • noun - the officer below the master on a commercial ship
   • noun - a fellow member of a team
   • noun - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
   • noun - a person's partner in marriage
   • noun - an exact duplicate
   • noun - one of a pair
   • noun - South American holly
   • noun - informal term for a friend of the same sex
   • noun - South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
   • noun - a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
   • verb - engage in sexual intercourse
   • verb - bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   • verb - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
2. • One of a matched pair: the mate to this glove.
   • A spouse.
   • Either of a pair of animals or birds that associate in order to propagate.
   • Either of a pair of animals brought together for breeding.
   • A person with whom one is in close association; an associate.
   • A good friend or companion.
   • A deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the master.
   • A U.
   • To join closely; pair.
   • To unite in marriage.
   • To pair (animals) for breeding.
   • To become joined in marriage.
   • To be paired for reproducing; breed.
   • To copulate.
   • A checkmate.
3. • v - to join as mates (partners in a union)

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