mate¹ /māt/

1. A companion
2. An equal
3. A fellow worker, occupant, etc (often in combination, as workmate, flatmate, etc)
4. A friendly or ironic form of address
5. A husband or wife
6. An animal with which another is paired to produce young
7. One of a pair
8. A ship's officer under the captain or master
9. In the navy, formerly a rank to which a warrant officer might be promoted
10. An assistant or deputy (as plumber's mate)

1. To be equal to, to rival (archaic)
2. To marry
3. To cause (esp animals) to copulate
4. To couple
5. To fit

1. To claim equality (archaic)
2. To marry
3. (esp of animals) to copulate
4. To consort (archaic)

mateˈless adjective

Without a mate or companion

mateˈship noun (esp Aust)

The bond between close friends

māˈtily adverb

māˈtiness or māˈteyness noun

• citizens
• Citizens' Advice Bureau
• stick shift
• stick shifts
• stick the pace
• stick to
• stick together
• stick to one's guns
• stick up
• stick-up
• stick up for
• stick-ups
• stickweed
• stickweeds
• stick with
• stickwork
• stickworks
• sticky
• stickybeak
• stickybeaked
• stickybeaking
• stickybeaks
• sticky end
• sticky ends
• sticky-fingered