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noun
- A sexual partner, especially of a breeding animal.
- 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 .
- A ship's officer, subordinate to the captain.
- A technical assistant (gasfitter's mate).
- checkmate, Checkmate.
- (context, colloquial, UK, Australian) A friend; a friendly term of address to a stranger.
- A drink prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).
verb (mates, mating, mated)
Intransitive:
- To fit together without space between. (The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.)
- To copulate.
- To pair in order to raise offspring
Transitive:
- To arrange in matched pairs.
- To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- To fit (objects) together without space between.
- To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
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adjective - Related to mechanics, done by machine
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noun
- (engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems
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noun
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- The design and construction of machines
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noun (pl2=momenta)
- (physics) (of a body in motion) the product of its mass and velocity.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events.
- 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Old Apple Dealer", in Mosses from an Old Manse
- :The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
- 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower
- :Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course.
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noun - The power that enables something to move; also used in a figurative sense.
- "Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that."
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