mating

n. animal copulation

v. bring together for breeding; pair, couple; copulate (of animals); marry; achieve the position of checkmate in the game of chess

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Noun
1. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
(synonym) coupling, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
(hypernym) sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
(hyponym) assortative mating
(derivation) copulate, mate, pair, couple

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Noun
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
(synonym) first mate
(hypernym) officer, ship's officer
2. a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
(synonym) teammate
(hypernym) associate
3. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
(hypernym) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
(derivation) copulate, pair, couple
4. a person's partner in marriage
(synonym) spouse, partner, married person, better half
(hypernym) relative, relation
(hyponym) bigamist
(member-holonym) marriage, married couple, man and wife
(derivation) copulate, pair, couple
5. an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
(synonym) match
(hypernym) duplicate, duplication
(derivation) match, couple, pair, twin
6. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
(synonym) Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis
(hypernym) holly
7. informal term for a friend of the same sex
(hypernym) friend
(classification) Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
8. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
(hypernym) beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
9. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
(synonym) checkmate
(hypernym) chess move
(derivation) checkmate

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Verb
1. make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
(synonym) copulate, pair, couple
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) nick
(derivation) spouse, partner, married person, better half
2. bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
(synonym) match, couple, pair, twin
(hypernym) join, bring together
(hyponym) mismate
(verb-group) match
(derivation) match
3. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
(synonym) checkmate
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(derivation) checkmate
(classification) chess, chess game

v. pářit se; párovat

Czas. parzyć się; parzyć