verb
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To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
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That jerk checkmated me in four moves!
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(by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
verb
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To match, fit together without space between.
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The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
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To copulate.
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To pair in order to raise offspring
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To arrange in matched pairs.
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To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
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(of an animal) To copulate with.
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To marry; to match (a person).
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To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
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To fit (objects) together without space between.
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To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
verb
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To confuse; to confound.
noun
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Pairing of organisms for copulation.
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Sexual union; copulation.
adjective
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Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
Examples of mating in a Sentence
The immortal mating rules from the time-before-time couldn't be broken.
It is the nature of the mating rite.
The mating bond alone makes it easy for a woman to control her mate.
I just want to see the mating marks.
Uncertain how to explain things, she turned and swept her pink-dyed hair from her back to show him the mating mark.
The immortal mating script clearly read, Gabriel.
From what Gio says, she.ll want to stay, and I doubt she.d consider mating with someone like me abhorrent.
You already know the Immortal mating is what made you feel that way towards Gabriel.
The mating laws from the time-before-time were absolute, but what if Darkyn and Gabriel made their own private deal to return the human Gabriel loved and abandon past-Death to the hands of the Dark One?
Did Gabe flip out when he saw the mating tattoo?
Gabriel was no closer to figuring what to do about the woman meant for him than when he was when he saw her mating tattoo at the bungalow.
Her hand went to her neck, where the name of her Ancient Immortal mate, Rhyn, had been until he broke their mating bond two days before.
Like Kris saying he.d break the mating bond between us.
Sasha told me how to break our mating.
Where.s your mating tattoo?
I would've thought he would've supported you mating with someone more powerful.
Her hair was short and curly, too, unlike the blond, blue-eyed father that'd all but raped Jenn on their mating night.
The White Gods had a long tradition of finding and mating with Oracles.
Jenn took several steps towards him, Darian shifted, reminded of another temptress, one that had succeeded not only in mating with him but betraying him.
His intention - -to complete the mating ceremony - -exploded into her thoughts.
He doubted it to be true - -a queen intent on mating with her equal would say what she needed to in order to convince a slave not to wed her.
All the well-known breeds of dogs are highly artificial and their maintenance requires the constant care of the breeder in mating, and in rejecting aberrant progeny.
When amongst the litter of a properly mated, highly bred fox-terrier, pups are found with long bodies and thick short legs and feet, breeders are disposed to excuse the result by the supposition that the bitch has been contaminated by some earlier mating.
So clear is the evidence on this point that any one adequately acquainted at first hand with the phenomena, by employing an albino of known gametic structure and mating it with a coloured individual, also of known gametic constitution, could predict the result.
A third form of selection, which may affect the composition of the next generation without of necessity involving a differential death-rate or a differential fertility, is assortative mating, or the tendency of those members of one sex which exhibit a particular character to mate only with members of the other sex which exhibit the same or some other definite character.
For an attempt to treat the whole problem of differential fertility and assortative mating numerically, see Pearson, The Grammar of Science, 2nd edition, London, 1900.
Assortative mating exists when individuals which mate are not paired at random, but a definite correlation is established between the characters of one mate and those of the other.
There, too, the Steller's sea-lion (Eumetopias stelleri) spends the mating season.
For this reason it has been the breed most in favour with breeders in all parts of the world for mating with Merino ewes and their crosses.
The action of the bees themselves makes this point clear, for when the season of mating is past the drone is no longer needed, the providing of winter stores taking first place in the economy of the hive.
Both of you bear the mating marks now.
The mating bond is one, used by Immortals and deities.
A blood bond is another, practiced between demons in place of the mating bond.
Because you felt the mating bond with him first?
Immortals and deities have mating marks.
He's dependent upon you for blood, a condition that transcends the normal mating relationship.
If I decide to keep her, I'll blood-bind her, in the tradition of demon mating.
This morning, he left a perfectly healthy woman – who looked like his mate and wore the Immortal mating tattoo – and yet was distinctly different.
Nothing – not even Darkyn – could change that, even if the Immortal mating script changed again.
When did the Immortal mating inscription appear?
You will hold a battle committee despite your mating?
The abdomen is composed of varying numbers of segments; it bears no legs but may possess appendages, e.g. claspers used in mating.
But closer analyzes reveal that the process whereby Agrobacterium injects T-DNA into plant cells strongly resembles conjugation, ie, mating between bacterial cells.
Do you really want the mating call of an African elephant blaring out at you at two o'clock in the morning without warning?
Only the dominant male, with rare exceptions, had access to mating opportunities.
They need space as the male chases the female in an essential part of the mating process.
Do you want to join the mating game... with the release of an egg from a mature follicle.
A long dog is originally produced from a cross mating between two pure bred sight hounds, ie; a greyhound x saluki.
The new design does not require any modification to the mating weapon connector or aircraft.
Phenological and isozyme studies have been used to compare levels of genetic diversity and mating patterns within seed orchards and living fence lines.