noun
After work, my mates and I stop off for a beer or two (or three )
He scarcely seems a worthy mate for the winner of a Miss World contest
Have you seen the mate to this sock anywhere?
verb
People should be free to mate with whom they wish
The zoo was able to get the rhinoceroses to mate. A lion was mated with a tiger to produce a tigon
I cannot get these gears to mate
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