| even | | |
| n. (time) | 1. eve, even, evening, eventide | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).; "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" |
| ~ daylight, daytime, day | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" |
| ~ guest night | an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests. |
| ~ sundown, sunset | the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. |
| ~ crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall | the time of day immediately following sunset.; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" |
| v. (contact) | 2. even, even out, flush, level | make level or straight.; "level the ground" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ grade | level to the right gradient. |
| ~ strickle, strike | smooth with a strickle.; "strickle the grain in the measure" |
| ~ strickle | level off with a strickle in a measuring container.; "strickle sand" |
| v. (change) | 3. even, even out | become even or more even.; "even out the surface" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 4. even, even out | make even or more even. |
| ~ regularise, regularize | make regular or more regular.; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" |
| ~ even, even out | become even or more even.; "even out the surface" |
| adj. | 5. even | divisible by two. |
| adj. | 6. even, fifty-fifty | equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced.; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adj. | 7. even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| ~ flat, level, plane | having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" |
| ~ flatbottom, flatbottomed | having a flat bottom.; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flatbottomed boat" |
| ~ flush | of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane.; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" |
| ~ justified | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins. |
| ~ lap-jointed | jointed so as to produce a flush surface. |
| ~ straight-grained | of timber; having fibers that run in parallel. |
| ~ level | oriented at right angles to the plumb.; "the picture is level" |
| ~ straight, true | accurately fitted; level.; "the window frame isn't quite true" |
| ~ smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 8. even, regular | symmetrically arranged.; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" |
| ~ symmetric, symmetrical | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. |
| adj. | 9. even, regular | occurring at fixed intervals.; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 10. even, level, tied | of the score in a contest.; "the score is tied" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adv. | 11. even | used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected.; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!" |
| adv. | 12. even | in spite of; notwithstanding.; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" |
| adv. | 13. even, still, yet | to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons.; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" |
| adv. | 14. even | to the full extent.; "loyal even unto death" |
| mate | | |
| n. (person) | 1. first mate, mate | the officer below the master on a commercial ship. |
| ~ ship's officer, officer | a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel.; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" |
| n. (person) | 2. mate, teammate | a fellow member of a team.; "it was his first start against his former teammates" |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| n. (person) | 3. mate | the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner).; "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| n. (person) | 4. better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse | a person's partner in marriage. |
| ~ man and wife, married couple, marriage | two people who are married to each other.; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" |
| ~ bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another. |
| ~ consort | the husband or wife of a reigning monarch. |
| ~ domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent | a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship. |
| ~ helpmate, helpmeet | a helpful partner. |
| ~ hubby, husband, married man | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage. |
| ~ relative, relation | a person related by blood or marriage.; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
| ~ monogamist, monogynist | someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time). |
| ~ honeymooner, newlywed | someone recently married. |
| ~ polygamist | someone who is married to two or more people at the same time. |
| ~ married woman, wife | a married woman; a man's partner in marriage. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. match, mate | an exact duplicate.; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ singleton | a single object (as distinguished from a pair). |
| ~ couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couple | two items of the same kind. |
| n. (plant) | 7. ilex paraguariensis, mate, paraguay tea | South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. |
| ~ holly | any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges. |
| n. (person) | 8. mate | informal term for a friend of the same sex. |
| ~ australia, commonwealth of australia | a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| n. (food) | 9. mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. |
| ~ beverage, drinkable, potable, drink | any liquid suitable for drinking.; "may I take your beverage order?" |
| n. (act) | 10. checkmate, mate | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. |
| ~ chess move | the act of moving a chess piece. |
| v. (contact) | 11. copulate, couple, mate, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| ~ nick | mate successfully; of livestock. |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ tread | mate with.; "male birds tread the females" |
| ~ service, serve | mate with.; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" |
| ~ deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity.; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" |
| ~ mount, ride | copulate with.; "The bull was riding the cow" |
| ~ breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses.; "The horse covers the mare" |
| ~ bugger, sodomise, sodomize | practice anal sex upon. |
| ~ sodomise, sodomize | copulate with an animal. |
| v. (contact) | 12. couple, match, mate, pair, twin | 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" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mismate | provide with an unsuitable mate. |
| ~ mismatch | match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together. |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (competition) | 13. checkmate, mate | 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" |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| pair | | |
| n. (group) | 1. brace, pair | a set of two similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ tweedledee and tweedledum, tweedledum and tweedledee | any two people who are hard to tell apart. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | two items of the same kind. |
| ~ fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ doubleton | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player. |
| n. (group) | 3. pair | two people considered as a unit. |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ couple, twosome, duet, duo | a pair who associate with one another.; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" |
| ~ yoke | a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke.; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" |
| n. (group) | 4. pair | a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value. |
| ~ poker hand | the 5 cards held in a game of poker. |
| v. (social) | 5. couple, pair, pair off, partner off | form a pair or pairs.; "The two old friends paired off" |
| ~ unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. |
| v. (contact) | 6. geminate, pair | occur in pairs. |
| ~ geminate, pair | arrange in pairs.; "Pair these numbers" |
| ~ occur | to be found to exist.; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" |
| v. (contact) | 7. geminate, pair | arrange in pairs.; "Pair these numbers" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ geminate, pair | occur in pairs. |
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