Definition of pairings Pairings
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What does pairings mean?
Wiktionary 
- pairings (Noun)
Plural of pairing.
Part of speech
🔤- pairings, noun, plural of pairing.
WordNet
NounPlural: pairings |
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| pairing - the act of grouping things or people in pairs | ||
| grouping the activity of putting things together in groups | ||
| buddy system a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming) | ||
| pairing - 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" | ||
| coupling, mating, conjugation, union, sexual union | ||
| sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, sex activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" | ||
| assortative mating mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating | ||
| disassortative mating mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating | ||
| hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, crossbreeding, interbreeding, cross, crossing (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | ||
| inbreeding the act of mating closely related individuals | ||
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Wiktionary
- pairing (Noun)
The combination or union of two things. - pairing (Verb)
Present participle of pair.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pairing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Pair - pairing (v. i.)
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples. - pairing (v. i.)
See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
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pairing
The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
