(mate with)
1Mate Choice — is the process in which one organism chooses another one to mate with. The overall reason for mate choice in any species is to pick a mate that can provide better genetic material that will produce more fit offspring that are more likely to… …
2Mate choice — Mate choice, or intersexual selection, is an evolutionary process in which selection of a mate depends on attractiveness of its traits. It is one of two components of sexual selection (the other is male male competition or intrasexual selection) …
3Mate choice copying — (or just mate copying ) describes a non independent mate choice event. Mate choice copying is said to occur when the likelihood that one individual (the observer or focal individual ) will mate with a particular individual (the target ) increases …
4Mate cocido — Type Hot or cold beverage Country of origin Argentina Bolivia Brasil Paraguay Uruguay Introduced …
5Mate — Mate, v. i. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one. [1913 Webster] …
6Mate (beverage) — For other uses, see Mate (disambiguation). Mate Mate in a traditional calabash gourd. Type Infusion Country of origin Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina …
7mate — mate1 S3 [meıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you do something with)¦ 2¦(friend)¦ 3¦(animal)¦ 4¦(husband/wife)¦ 5¦(sailor)¦ 6¦(navy officer)¦ 7 builder s/plumber s/electrician s etc mate 8¦(game)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; …
8mate — [[t]me͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ mates, mating, mated 1) N COUNT: usu with poss You can refer to someone s friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He s off drinking with his mates... A mate of… …
9mate — I n. petty officer (naval) 1) a boatswain s; machinist s mate junior partner 2) (BE) a plumber s mate 3) (US; pol.) smb. s running mate II v. (D; intr., tr.) to mate with (zebras don t mate with donkeys; to mate a donkey with a mare) * * * [meɪt] …
10mate — 01. Studies show that certain kinds of geese [mate] for their entire life. 02. A male cat will bite the female in the back of the neck to hold her down while they are [mating]. 03. Lions will generally [mate] with as many females as possible in… …
