» pair
Noun (4 meanings)
pair is a type of:
- set (noun) - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
types of pair:
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedledee and Tweedledum (noun) - any two people who are hard to tell apart
pair is derivationally related to:
2. two items of the same kind.
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
pair is a type of:
- two, 2, II, deuce (noun) - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
types of pair:
- doubleton (noun) - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
parts of pair:
pair is derivationally related to:
3. two people considered as a unit.
4. a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value.
pair is a type of:
- poker hand (noun) - the 5 cards held in a game of poker
Verb (5 meanings)
1. form a pair or pairs.
to pair, pair off, partner off, couple
Example:
- “The two old friends paired off”
to pair is a way to:
to pair is derivationally related to:
Examples:
- “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”
to pair is a way to:
- to join, bring together (verb) - cause to become joined or linked
ways to pair:
to pair is derivationally related to:
- catch, match (noun) - a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- couple, mates, match (noun) - a pair of people who live together
- couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad (noun) - two items of the same kind
- match, mate (noun) - an exact duplicate
- pair (noun) - two people considered as a unit
- pair, brace (noun) - a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- yoke, coupling (noun) - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
Verb group:
- to match (verb) - give or join in marriage
to pair is a way to:
- to occur (verb) - to be found to exist
to pair is derivationally related to:
- couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad (noun) - two items of the same kind
- pair, brace (noun) - a set of two similar things considered as a unit
Verb group:
Example:
- “Pair these numbers”
Example:
- “Birds mate in the Spring”
to pair is a way to:
ways to pair:
- to breed, cover (verb) - copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- to deflower, ruin (verb) - deprive of virginity
- to nick (verb) - mate successfully
- to ride, mount (verb) - copulate with
- to serve, service (verb) - mate with
- to sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk (verb) - have sexual intercourse with
- to sodomize, sodomise, bugger (verb) - practice anal sex upon
- to sodomize, sodomise (verb) - copulate with an animal
- to tread (verb) - mate with
to pair is derivationally related to:
- coital, copulatory (adjective) - of or relating to coitus or copulation
- couple, mates, match (noun) - a pair of people who live together
- coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union (noun) - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- mate (noun) - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- pair (noun) - two people considered as a unit
- sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge (noun) - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman
- spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half (noun) - a person's partner in marriage