mate

A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.

Đồng nghĩa: fellow, fere

(especially)(especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.

(Australia, British, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, colloquial)(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.

I'm going to the pub with a few mates.

He's my best mate.

Đồng nghĩa: friend, buddy, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum, cock, cocker, cobber, compadre, comrade, companion, cove, crony, dawg, dude, duck, fam, fettler, friend, geez, geezer, gink, good old boy, homeskillet, homie, kith, lover, marrow, mate, matey, mucker, old bean, pal, pardner, peeps, punk, shag, sport, surry, tovarish, wantok

(Australia, British, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, colloquial)(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.

Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?

Đồng nghĩa: buddy

(nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).

(nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.

(nautical) A first mate.

A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.

The other member of a matched pair of objects.

I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.

A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

(abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(chess) Clipping of checkmate.

(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).

(intransitive)To match, fit together without space between.

The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.

Đồng nghĩa: match, couple, pair

(intransitive)To copulate.

Đồng nghĩa: couple, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, intercourse, know, know someone in the biblical sense, make love, mate, share a bed, sleep together, strain, bang, bauf, beat, bone, boff, boink, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, clap cheeks, dance, discuss Uganda, dip one's pen in someone's inkwell, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, expletive deleted, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, get the dirty water off one's chest, graft the forked tree, go all the way, haul one's ashes, have it away, have it off, hide the salami, hide the sausage, hide the wienie, hike the Appalachian Trail, hook up, hump, jig-jig, knock boots, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it, make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, meddle, ming, Netflix and chill, penetrate, pipe, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, pound, rail, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, shaboink, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, stick, tumble

(intransitive)To pair in order to raise offspring.

(transitive)To arrange in matched pairs.

(transitive)To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.

(transitive)(transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.

(transitive)To marry; to match (a person).

(obsolete, transitive)To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

(transitive)To fit (objects) together without space between.

(intransitive)To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.

(transitive)(transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.

(abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(chess) Clipping of checkmate.