friend
1 [C] (BrE, informal) a friend:
They've been best mates since school. * I was with a mate.
friendly name
2 [C] (BrE, informal) used as a friendly way of addressing sb, especially between men:
Sorry mate, you'll have to wait. * All right, mate?
sb you share with
3 [C] (in compounds) a person you share an activity or accommodation with:
workmates / teammates / playmates / classmates * my room-mate / flatmate
seealsoRUNNINGMATE, SOULMATE
bird / animal
4 [C] either of a pair of birds or animals:
A male bird sings to attract a mate.
sexual partner
5 [C] (informal) a husband, wife or other sexual partner
job
6 [C] (BrE) a person whose job is to help a skilled worker:
a builder's / plumber's mate
on ship
7 [C] an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or MASTER
seealsoFIRSTMATE
in chess
8 [U] = CHECKMATE
Part of speech: verb
animals / birds
1 [V] ~ (with sth) (of two animals or birds) to have sex in order to produce young:
Do foxes ever mate with dogs? * After mating, the female kills the male.
seealsoMATING
2 [VN] ~ sth (to / with sth) to put animals or birds together so that they will have sex and produce young
in chess
3 [VN] = CHECKMATE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for mate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is mate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mate is tagged as noun.
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