Definitions for pair

Definitions for (noun) pair

Main entry: pair

Definition: a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value


Main entry: pair

Definition: two people considered as a unit


Main entry: pair, brace

Definition: a set of two similar things considered as a unit


Main entry: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, pair, yoke, span, brace

Definition: two items of the same kind


Definitions for (verb) pair

Main entry: couple, twin, pair, match, mate

Definition: bring two objects, ideas, or people together

Usage: 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


Main entry: copulate, couple, pair, mate

Definition: engage in sexual intercourse

Usage: Birds mate in the Spring


Main entry: pair, geminate

Definition: arrange in pairs

Usage: Pair these numbers


Main entry: geminate, pair

Definition: occur in pairs


Main entry: pair, pair off, partner off, couple

Definition: form a pair or pairs

Usage: The two old friends paired off


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