matë

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.

   “A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them.”

2. isim A breeding partner.

   “Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.”

3. isim A friend, usually of the same sex.

   “I'm going to the pub with a few mates.”

4. isim Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.

   “Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?”

5. isim In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
6. isim A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
7. isim A first mate.
8. isim A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
9. isim The other member of a matched pair of objects.

   “I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.”

10. isim A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

    “Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.”

11. fiil To match, fit together without space between.

    “The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.”

12. fiil To copulate.
13. fiil To pair in order to raise offspring.
14. fiil To arrange in matched pairs.
15. fiil To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
16. fiil To copulate with.
17. fiil To marry; to match (a person).

    “If she be mated with an equal husband.”

18. fiil To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

    “There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.”

19. fiil To fit (objects) together without space between.
20. fiil To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.

    “Indeed, some cases of devotion that were met with were quite touching; and very often to all appearances the pairs were not always mated from the same class of society.”

21. fiil To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
22. isim Clipping of checkmate.
23. fiil Clipping of checkmate.
24. fiil To confuse; to confound.

    “I think you are all mated, or stark mad.”

25. isim Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
26. isim The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
27. isim An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.
28. isim A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.

    “We spent a month in Buenos Aires drinking nothing but maté and Fernet with soda.”

29. isim A cup of this drink.
30. isim The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash.

    “The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position.”