WordWeb Online

1. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
   "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
   - coupling, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union

1. Engage in sexual intercourse
   "Birds mate in the Spring"
   - copulate, pair, couple
    
2. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   - match, couple, pair, twin
    
3. Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
   - checkmate

Derived forms: matings

Type of: beat, beat out, bring together, conjoin, crush, join, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, shell, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Mate