Mate | Mean of mate in English Dictionary

/ˈmeɪt/

• Noun
• a person who lives with you, works in the same place as you, etc.
1. We have been office mates for 10 years. [=we have worked together in the same office for 10 years]
• either one of a pair of animals that are breeding
1. One bird remains at the nest while its mate hunts for food.
• a person's husband, wife, or romantic or sexual partner
1. He was finding it difficult to find a mate.
2. an ideal mate

• either one of a pair of objects
1. I can't find the mate to this glove.
• an officer on a ship who has a rank below the captain
1. a first/second/third mate
• a friend
1. Me and a couple of mates of mine went round to the pub.
2. She and I have been best mates for ages.
3. Got a light, mate?
• an assistant or helper
1. a plumber's mate
2. an electrician's mate
• Verb
• to have sexual activity in order to produce young
1. This species of bird mates in early spring.
2. The male mated with the female. = The male and the female mated.
3. a mating call/ritual
4. the mating season [=the time of year when an animal mates]
5. These birds mate for life. [=they form pairs and stay together throughout their lives]
• to bring (animals) together so that they will breed and produce young
1. Researchers mated two different kinds of mice.
2. mating a male dog to/with a female
• to join or connect (things) together
1. The stereo sounds best when it is mated to/with high-quality speakers.