- coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union - 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"
--1 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
--1 has particulars:assortative mating; disassortative mating; hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing; inbreeding; servicing, service Derived form: verb mate1
- copulate, mate, pair, couple - make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
--1 is one way to join, conjoin
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun mate4, noun mate3, noun mating1
Somebody ----s
- match, mate, couple, pair, twin - 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"
--2 is one way to join, bring together
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun mate5
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- checkmate, mate - 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"
--3 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun mate9
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody