Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
mated
(adjective) of or relating to a marriage partner
mated
(adjective) mated sexually
mated, paired
(adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair; āpaired fangsā; āpaired glovesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mated
simple past tense and past participle of mate
mated (not comparable)
fitted together or interlocked
• ADMET, DATEM, tamed
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"te, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Definition: The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.
Mate, n. Etym: [F. mat, abbrev. fr. Ć©chec et mat. See Checkmate.] (Chess)
Definition: Same as Checkmate.
Mate, a.
Definition: See 2d Mat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mate, v. t. Etym: [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See Mate checkmate.]
1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To checkmate.
Mate, n. Etym: [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. Make a companion, Match a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal. Ye knew me once no mate For you; there sitting where you durst not soar. Milton.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
Mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mating.]
1. To match; to marry. If she be mated with an equal husband. Shak.
2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death. Bacon. I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. Shak.
Mate, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.