What is the meaning of MATE. Phrases containing MATE
See meanings and uses of MATE!Slangs & AI meanings
n person with no friends: Everyone else turned up half an hour late so I was sitting there like Billy no-mates for ages.
Most chaps like to go to the pub with their mates. Mate means friend or chum.
Noun. A socially inept person, and consequently one without friends. Derog. Cf. 'Billy no mates'.
n good friend; buddy. It’s in very common use in the U.K. and doesn’t have any implication that you might want to mate with the person in question. It is derived from “shipmate.”
Room mate
Noun. Best friends. E.g."They've been bezzy mates since they were at nursery together."
A sailor, in the French language. English speaking sailors also use this term to describe an ordinary sailor. The term "Matey" was originally derived from this term.
Billy no mates is British slang for a despicable, friendless person.
1. (RCN) In harbour, the Boatswain's Mate is part of the gangway staff, second to the Quartermaster and under the command of the Officer of the Day. He makes all pipes and assists the quartermaster. At sea, his post is on the bridge, under the command of the officer of the watch. Abbreviated "BM". 2. (USN) The occupational rating of boatswain's mate is a designation given to enlisted members who are rated as a deck seaman.
- Most chaps like to go to the pub with their mates. Mate means friend or chum.
usually the "deck apes" and small box coxswains. The Aviation Boatswain's Mates were usually the guys who took care of towing the birds around the ramp area or flight decks and who made sure they were secured to the 'ground' when the weather went to pot.
Date mate is American slang for friend of the same sex who accompanies one on a double date. Date mate is Australian slang for a male homosexual partner.
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v. t.
To make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said of spirits.
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The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.
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See Materialist.
v. t.
To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.
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Alt. of Materiated
imp. & p. p.
of Materialize
adv.
In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.
v. i.
To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.
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Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.
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Importance; as, the materiality of facts.
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The state of being material.
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The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.
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See Material.
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Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
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Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
v. t.
To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.
n.
That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
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Alt. of Materialistical
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Materialize
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