Definition of pairs Pairs
/pÉĖɹz/ - [perz] - pairs
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Wiktionary 
- pairs (Noun)
Plural of pair.
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| pair - two people considered as a unit | ||
| assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place | ||
| twosome, duo, couple, duet a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" | ||
| pair - a set of two similar things considered as a unit | ||
| brace | ||
| set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" | ||
| pair - a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | ||
| pair - two items of the same kind | ||
| couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | ||
| 2, ii, two, deuce the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | ||
| fellow, mate an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" | ||
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| pair - form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" | ||
| pair off, partner off, couple | ||
| unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" | ||
| pair - occur in pairs | ||
| geminate | ||
| occur come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" | ||
| pair - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" | ||
| geminate | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" | ||
| copulate, mate, couple | ||
| conjoin, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| nick mate successfully; of livestock | ||
| sleep with, sleep together, roll in the hay, make love, lie with, have sex, have it off, have it away, have intercourse, have a go at it, get laid, be intimate, do it, eff, get it on, fuck, hump, bonk, jazz, love, bed, screw, 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 brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | ||
| service, serve make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" | ||
| deflower, ruin deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" | ||
| mount, ride fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" | ||
| breed, cover have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" | ||
| bugger, sodomise, sodomize practice anal sex upon | ||
| sodomise, sodomize practice anal sex upon | ||
| pair - 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, mate, couple, twin | ||
| bring together, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| mismate provide with an unsuitable mate | ||
| mismatch match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together | ||
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Wiktionary
- pair (Noun)
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. - pair (Noun)
Two people in a relationship, partnership especially sexual or friendship. - pair (Noun)
Used with binary noun s. - pair (Noun)
A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke. - pair (Noun)
A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand. - pair (Noun)
A score of zero runs a duck in both innings of a two-innings match. - pair (Noun)
A double play , two outs recorded in one play. - pair (Noun)
A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams. - pair (Noun)
A pair of breasts. - pair (Noun)
The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons. - pair (Verb)
To group into sets of two. - pair (Verb)
To bring two animals, notably dogs together for mating. - pair (Verb)
To impair.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- pair (n.)
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] - pair (n.)
Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. - pair (n.)
Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. - pair (n.)
A married couple; a man and wife. - pair (n.)
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. - pair (n.)
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. - pair (n.)
In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. - pair (v. i.)
To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding. - pair (v. i.)
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. - pair (v. i.)
Same as To pair off. See phrase below. - pair (v. t.)
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another. - pair (v. t.)
To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. - pair (v. t.)
To impair.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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Two similar or identical things taken together. -
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(followed by of) Two; a couple of. -
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Used in the names of some objects and garments that have two similar parts or halves -
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To bring two objects, ideas, or people together. -
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In mathematics, an ordered list of two elements.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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pÄr, n. two things equal, or suited to each other, or used together: a set of two equal or like things forming one instrument, as a pair of scissors, tongs, &c., a set of like things generally: in building, a flight of stairs: a couple: a man and his wife: two members of a legislative body, holding opposite opinions, who agree with each other to abstain from voting for a certain time, so as to permit one or both to be absent.āv.t. to join in couples.āv.i. to be joined in couples: to fit as a counterpart.āadj. Paired, arranged in pairs: set by twos of a like kind: mated.āns. Pairā²ing, an agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves; Pairā²ing-time, the time when birds go together in pairs; Pairā²-royā²al, three cards of the same denomination, esp. in cribbage.āadv. Pairā²-wise, in pairs.āPair of colours, two flags carried by a regiment, one the national ensign, the other the flag of the regiment; Pair off (see Pairing above). [Fr. paire, a coupleāpair, likeāL. par, equal.]
