mate

Sense 1 noun

the officer below the master on a commercial ship

Sense 2 verb

engage in sexual intercourse

Birds mate in the Spring

Sense 3 noun

a fellow member of a team

it was his first start against his former teammates

Sense 4 verb

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

This fact is coupled to the other one

Sense 5 noun

the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

he loved the mare and all her mates

Sense 6 verb

place 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

Sense 7 noun

a person's partner in marriage

Sense 8 noun

an exact duplicate

when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook

Sense 9 noun

one of a pair

he lost the mate to his shoe

Sense 10 noun

South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

Sense 11 noun

informal term for a friend of the same sex

Sense 12 noun

South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

Sense 13 noun

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king