mate
/meɪt/ verb C2- To match, fit together without space between. · The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
- To copulate.
- To pair in order to raise offspring.
- To arrange in matched pairs.
- To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- To copulate with.
- To marry; to match (a person).
- To fit (objects) together without space between.
He/she/it mates · Past mated · Past participle mated · -ing form mating
Verb forms
- Base form
- mate
- He/she/it
- mates
- Past
- mated
- Past participle
- mated
- -ing form
- mating
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He was my mate—and that means a good deal in the Army.
But I told him I was only mate, and that she belonged to the firm of Morrel & Son.
“Captain or mate, M.
“‘The king’s attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religious institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantès, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris.
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