verb
- Engage in sexual intercourse.
- usage: "Birds mate in the Spring"
- Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.
- usage: "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
- usage: "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
adjective
- Mated sexually.
- Used of gloves, socks, etc..
- synonyms: paired
- Of or relating to a marriage partner. .
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