Mate
Mate is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 6 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Common
Meaning of mate
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nounThe officer below the master on a commercial ship.
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nounA fellow member of a team.
“it was his first start against his former teammates”
Similar: teammate
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nounThe partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner).
“he loved the mare and all her mates”
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verbEngage in sexual intercourse.
“Birds mate in the Spring”
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verbBring two objects, ideas, or people together.
“This fact is coupled to the other one”
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verbPlace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
“Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”
Similar: checkmate
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of mate
Words inside mate
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- eat3
- met5
- ate3
- tea3
- eta3
- mae5
- mat5
- tae3
- tam5
Words that rhyme with mate
- date
- eight
- great
- hate
- late
- rate
- state
- straight
- wait
- weight
- ate
- fate
- gate
- plate
- bait
- cate
- crate
- freight
- gait
- grate
- skate
- slate
- strait
- tate
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