Check __, sailor

verb

1. Checkmate

noun

1. Checkmate

noun

1. Match, peer
2. A deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain
3. Either member of a couple and especially a married couple
4. Either member of a breeding pair of animals
5. Either of two matched objects

verb

1. Equal, match
2. To join or fit together couple
3. To join together as mates
4. To provide a mate for
5. To become mated

   "gears that mate well"

6. Copulate

noun

1. A tealike beverage drunk especially in South America
2. A South American shrub or tree (Ilex paraguariensis) of the holly family whose leaves and shoots are used in making maté

idiom

1. To form pairs and stay together throughout life

   "birds that mate for life"

noun

1. A navy petty officer specializing in meteorology

noun

1. One who is of about the same age as another

noun

1. Companion
2. A horse entered in a race to set the pace for a horse of the same owner or stable
3. A candidate running for a subordinate place on a ticket

noun

1. Maté