[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a partner in marriage; spouse .", "one member of a pair of mated animals.", "one of a pair:I can't find the mate to this glove.", "a counterpart.", "an associate; fellow worker; comrade; partner (often used in combination):classmate; roommate.", "friend; buddy; pal (often used as an informal term of address):Let me give you a hand with that, mate.", "Nautical. first mate first mate.any of a number of varying degrees of rank subordinate to the master of a merchant ship.an assistant to a warrant officer or other functionary on a ship.", "first mate first mate.", "any of a number of varying degrees of rank subordinate to the master of a merchant ship.", "an assistant to a warrant officer or other functionary on a ship.", "an aide or helper, as to an artisan; factotum .", "a gear, rack, or worm engaging with another gear or worm.", "Archaic.an equal in reputation; peer; match."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to join as a mate or as mates.", "to bring (animals) together for breeding purposes.", "to match or marry.", "to join, fit, or associate suitably:to mate thought with daring action.", "to connect or link:a telephone system mated to a computerized information service.", "to treat as comparable."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to associate as a mate or as mates.", "(of animals) to copulate.", "(of animals) to pair for the purpose of breeding.", "to marry.", "(of a gear, rack, or worm) to engage with another gear or worm; mesh .", "Archaic.to consort; keep company."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["checkmate(defs1, 3, 5) checkmate(defs1, 3, 5)."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree.", "a South American tree,Ilex paraguariensis,that is the source of this beverage.", "the dried leaves of this tree."]}]