Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mate
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a friend or fellow worker. 2 colloq. a general form of address, esp. to another man. 3 a each of a pair, esp. of birds. b colloq. a partner in marriage. c (in comb.) a fellow member or joint occupant of (team-mate; room-mate). 4 Naut. an officer on a merchant ship subordinate to the master. 5 an assistant to a skilled worker (plumber's mate). --v. (often foll. by with) 1 a tr. bring (animals or birds) together for breeding. b intr. (of animals or birds) come together for breeding. 2 a tr. join (persons) in marriage. b intr. (of persons) be joined in marriage. 3 intr. Mech. fit well. Derivatives mateless adj. Etymology: ME f. MLG mate f. gemate messmate f. WG, rel. to MEAT 2. n. & v.tr. Chess = CHECKMATE. Phrases and idioms fool's mate a series of moves in which the first player is mated at the second player's second move. scholar's mate a series of moves in which the second player is mated at the first player's fourth move. Etymology: ME f. F mat(er): see CHECKMATE
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I. transitive verb (~d; mating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from mat, noun, check~, ulti~ly from Arabic māt (in shāh māt) Date: 14th century check~ 2, II. noun Date: 14th century check~ 1, III. noun see: meat Date: 14th century 1. a. associate, companion, an assistant to a more skilled worker ; helper, friend, buddy, match, peer, a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain, one of a pair: as, either member of a couple and especially a married couple, either member of a breeding pair of animals, either of two matched objects, IV. verb (~d; mating) Date: 1509 transitive verb equal, match, to join or fit together ; couple, 3. to join together as ~s, to provide a ~ for, intransitive verb to become ~d , copulate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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