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mate - informal term for a friend of the same sex |
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friend a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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australia,
commonwealth of australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
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britain,
great britain,
u.k.,
uk,
united kingdom,
united kingdom of great britain and nort an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
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mate - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" |
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animal,
animate being,
beast,
brute,
creature,
fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
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fellow |
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singleton the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
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brace,
couple,
couplet,
distich,
duad,
duet,
duo,
dyad,
pair,
span,
twain,
twosome,
yoke a structural member used to stiffen a framework
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mate - South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate |
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beverage,
drink,
drinkable,
potable any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
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mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship |
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officer,
ship's officer a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
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mate - South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea |
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holly United States rock star (1936-1959)
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