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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
2. an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
3. (chess) Short for checkmate.
4. (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
5. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
6. (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) A friend, usually of the same sex.
7. (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) a colloquial "sir"; an informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male
8. (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
9. (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
10. (nautical) A first mate.
11. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
12. The other member of a matched pair of objects.
13. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

Verbit

1. (intransitive) To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
2. (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
3. To confuse; to confound.
4. (intransitive) To copulate.
5. (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring
6. (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
7. (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
8. (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
9. (transitive) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
10. (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
11. (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.