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school
Noun
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A school is a place where you go to learn.
What grade are you in at school?
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A school is a group of fish.
mate
Noun
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A mate is someone you do something with.
Nils, my tent mate, was from the same elementary school in the city.
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; A mate is a friend, usually male.
I'm meeting my mates later, after work.
The two of them are best mates.
What can I do for you, mate?
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A mate is an animal's sexual partner.
The zoo has been having trouble getting a mate for the panda.
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A mate is a person's husband or wife.
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A mate is the other member of a matched pair of objects.
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A drink made from yerba mate.
mate
Verb
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In animals, to have sex.
The monkeys were going to mate.
The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.
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To match two things together.
That morning when they tried to mate her with our bull, she had no idea what to do.