· 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"

Synonym(s): coupling, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual_union

Hypernym(s): sexual_activity, sexual_practice, sex, sex_activity

· engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"

Synonym(s): copulate, pair, couple

Hypernym(s): join, conjoin

· 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"

Synonym(s): match, couple, pair, twin

Hypernym(s): join

· 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"

Synonym(s): checkmate

Hypernym(s): beat, beat_out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

· twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"

Synonym(s): entangle, tangle, snarl

Hypernym(s): twist, twine, distort

· change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"

Synonym(s): felt, felt_up, mat_up, matt-up, matte_up, matte

Hypernym(s): change