Crossword-Solution: MATE
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| Mate | n. | The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America. |
| Mate | n. | Same as Checkmate. |
| Mate | a. | See 2d Mat. |
| Mate | v. t. | To confuse; to confound. |
| Mate | v. t. | To checkmate. |
| Mate | n. | One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object. |
| Mate | n. | Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young. |
| Mate | n. | A suitable companion; a match; an equal. |
| Mate | n. | An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate. |
| Mate | v. t. | To match; to marry. |
| Mate | v. t. | To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. |
| Mate | v. i. | To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MATE | anagram | ATEM, ATME, ETAM, MEAT, META, TAEM, TAME, TEAM, TEMA |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with MATE (5)
Him followed his next Mate, Both glorying to have scap’t the _Stygian_ flood As Gods, and by their own recover’d strength, Not by the sufferance of supernal Power.
Thus then I answer: since thou hast not spared To twit me with my blindness—thou hast eyes, Yet see’st not in what misery thou art fallen, Nor where thou dwellest nor with whom for mate.
Again and again we turned from one door to another, from the baffling golden panel at one end of the chamber to its mate at the other—equally baffling.
The first to reach me was the wearer of the mate to my strange ring, and as he came close he whispered: “Surrender to me!” then in a loud voice shouted: “You are my prisoner, white man,” and menaced me with his two weapons.
The elephant whose mate fell into a pit, and who dumped dirt and rubbish into the pit till bottom was raised high enough to enable the captive to step out, was equipped with the reasoning quality.
Quotes with MATE (3)
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in…
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to …
We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some complementary way. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. And it isn’t until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems — the one…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 598 times in crossword archives (1917–2025).