MATE(S): /māt/ Noun; ☞ BRITISH; informal: used as a friendly form of address between men or boys. ""See you then, mate."" ☞ BRITISH; informal: a friend or companion. "I was with a mate" Verb; ☞ bring (animals or birds) together for breeding. ☞ join in marriage or sexual partnership. "people tend to mate with others in their own social class" [late Middle English: from Middle Low German māt(e ) 'comrade,' of West Germanic origin; related to meat (the underlying notion being that of eating together).] !!!!!! [RATED R! NSFW! TRIGGER WARNING! GRAPHIC! ADULTS ONLY! SEX AND VIOLENCE!!!YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!] !!!!!!