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▸ noun:  A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
▸ noun:  (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
▸ noun:  (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
▸ noun:  (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
▸ noun:  (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
▸ noun:  (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A first mate.
▸ noun:  A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
▸ noun:  The other member of a matched pair of objects.
▸ noun:  A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To copulate.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
▸ verb:  (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To confuse; to confound.
▸ noun:  The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
▸ noun:  (chess) Clipping of checkmate. [The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.]
▸ verb:  (chess) Clipping of checkmate. [(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.]
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis). [(countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.]

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