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| Main Entry: |
mate
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry and breed |
| Synonyms: | cohabit, copulate, couple, crossbreed, generate, join, land*, match, merge, pair, procreate, serve, tie, tie the knot, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | abstain, uncouple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unite |
| Synonyms: | accompany, add, adhere, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, assemble, associate, attach, blend, bracket, cement, clamp, clasp, clip, coadunate, coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, couple, entwine, fasten, fuse, grapple, hitch on, incorporate, interlace, intermix, juxtapose, knit, leash, link, lock, lump together, marry, mate, melt, mix, pair, put together, slap on, span, splice, stick together, tack on, tag on, tie, tie up, touch, weave, wed, weld, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | lovemaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexual activity |
| Synonyms: | carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, coquetting, courting, courtship, cuddling, dalliance, fondling, fooling around, foreplay, hugging, intercourse, intimacy, kissing, mating, screwing, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, smooching, snuggling, sucking face |
| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal joining of two people; a union |
| Synonyms: | alliance, amalgamation, association, confederation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, link, match, mating, matrimony, merger, monogamy, nuptials, pledging, sacrament, spousal, tie, tie that binds, wedded bliss, wedded state, wedding, wedding bells, wedding ceremony, wedlock |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | marry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become husband and wife in legal ceremony |
| Synonyms: | ally, associate, become one, bond, catch*, combine, conjoin, conjugate, contract, couple, drop anchor, espouse, get hitched, get married, join, knit, land*, lead to altar, link, match, mate, merge, one, pledge, plight one's troth, promise, relate, settle down, take vows, tie, tie the knot, unify, unite, walk down aisle, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, espousal, marriage, mating, pair, pairing, partnership, union |
| Antonyms: | mismatch |
| Main Entry: | pair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make, become a twosome |
| Synonyms: | balance, bracket, combine, couple, join, marry, match, match up, mate, pair off, pair up, put together, team, twin, unite, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate, sever |
| Main Entry: | splice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, interweave |
| Synonyms: | braid, entwine, graft, hitch, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, knit, marry, mate, mesh, plait, tie, unite, weave, wed, yoke |
| Notes: | a graft is one thing attached to another by insertion or implantation so it becomes part of it; a splice is the joining of two things end-to-end to make a new whole |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate, sever |
| Main Entry: | wedlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, conjugality, connubiality, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, mating, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, union, wedded bliss, wedding |
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