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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) mate (mate%1:18:02::), first mate (first_mate%1:18:00::) (the officer below the master on a commercial ship)
S: (n) teammate (teammate%1:18:00::), mate (mate%1:18:04::) (a fellow member of a team) "it was his first start against his former teammates"
S: (n) mate (mate%1:18:01::) (the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)) "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
S: (n) spouse (spouse%1:18:00::), partner (partner%1:18:01::), married person (married_person%1:18:00::), mate (mate%1:18:00::), better half (better_half%1:18:00::) (a person's partner in marriage)
S: (n) match (match%1:06:01::), mate (mate%1:06:00::) (an exact duplicate) "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
S: (n) mate (mate%1:23:00::), fellow (fellow%1:23:00::) (one of a pair) "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
S: (n) mate (mate%1:20:00::), Paraguay tea (paraguay_tea%1:20:00::), Ilex paraguariensis (ilex_paraguariensis%1:20:00::) (South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea)
S: (n) mate (mate%1:18:03::) (informal term for a friend of the same sex)
S: (n) mate (mate%1:13:00::) (South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate)
S: (n) checkmate (checkmate%1:04:00::), mate (mate%1:04:00::) (a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king)

S: (v) copulate (copulate%2:35:00::), mate (mate%2:35:00::), pair (pair%2:35:00::), couple (couple%2:35:00::) (engage in sexual intercourse) "Birds mate in the Spring"
S: (v) match (match%2:35:08::), mate (mate%2:35:02::), couple (couple%2:35:02::), pair (pair%2:35:01::), twin (twin%2:35:00::) (bring 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"
S: (v) checkmate (checkmate%2:33:00::), mate (mate%2:33:00::) (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"