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Definition of mate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    mate

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//meɪt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mate
     
     he / she / it mates
     
     past simple mated
     
     -ing form mating
     
     
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    animals/birds
  1. 1[intransitive] mate (with something) (of two animals or birds) to have sex in order to produce young Do foxes ever mate with dogs? After mating, the female kills the male. see mating
  2. 2[transitive] mate something (to/with something) to put animals or birds together so that they will have sex and produce young
    3. in chess
  3. 3mate somebody/something = checkmate
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