mated

Adjective

Synonyms: paired

WordNet 3.0

mated \mated\ adj.

1.Brought together for sexual activity; bred; -- of animals. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Sorted into pairs of identical size, color, or other properties; -- used of gloves, socks, etc.

Syn: paired. [WordNet 1.5]

3.Same as married. Opposite of unmarried; as, they were a devoted couple, mated for life. [WordNet 1.5]

Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mating.]

1.To match; to marry. [1913 Webster]

If she be mated with an equal husband.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. [1913 Webster]

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd. [PJC]

4.To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link; as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut inaccessible branches. [PJC]