mate, v.
(mated, mates, mating)
freq. cnt. 8
(mated, mates, mating)
freq. cnt. 8
engage in sexual intercourse
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
copulate couple mate pair
sample sentences
"Birds mate in the Spring"verb frames
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semantic pointers
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nick
be intimate, make love, sleep with, sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, get laid, have sex, know, do it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
tread
serve, service
deflower, ruin
ride, mount
breed, cover
sodomize, sodomise, bugger
sodomize, sodomise
hypernym
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
couple match mate pair twin
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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derivationally related form
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
<verb.competition>
checkmate mate
sample sentences
"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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domain of synset (topic)
hypernym