Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)teammate, matea fellow member of a team“it was his first start against his former teammates” (n)matethe partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)“he loved the mare and all her mates”,
“camels hate leaving their mates” (n)match, matean exact duplicate“when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook” (n)mate, fellowone of a pair“he lost the mate to his shoe”,
“one eye was blue but its fellow was brown” (n)mateinformal term for a friend of the same sex (n)mateSouth American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate (n)checkmate, matea chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king Verbs
(v)match, mate, couple, pair, twinbring two objects, ideas, or people together“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” (v)checkmate, mateplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game“Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves” 