PAIR • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Pair

/pɛr/ Listen

Pair

noun

1.

A set of two similar things considered as a unit. Synonym: brace.

2.

Two items of the same kind. Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke.

3.

Two people considered as a unit.

4.

A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value.

verb

(past & past part. paired; pres. part. pairing)

1.

Form a pair or pairs. Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off.

2.

Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin. "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?" , "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

3.

Occur in pairs. Synonym: geminate.

4.

Arrange in pairs. Synonym: geminate.

5.

Engage in sexual intercourse. Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate.

See more definitions of Pair...

See images of 'Pair'

Etymology of 'Pair'

Related searches:

pair of pincers

pair of scissors

pair of tweezers

pair of virginals

pair production

WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University

Share |

"Pair" Quotes from Famous Books

... kept her eye upon him, contradicting every word he said, and snubbing him at every opportunity, she was evidently his wife. Another good-looking lady was playing with a very pert-looking boy, who wore a pair of toy wings on his shoulders, and appeared to be a general favourite with every one except the other ladies, who seemed generally a disagreeable lot, and not at all good form ...

— Boycotted - And Other Stories • Talbot Baines Reed

... sure that was Kay!' said Gerda; 'I know he had a pair of new boots, I heard them creaking in ...

— Stories from Hans Andersen • Hans Christian Andersen

... not-to-be-caughtness stood him in good stead, and he jerked or wiggled himself out of the dilemma with an uncouth dexterity that was entirely in character; although, without his gesticulation of eye and month,—and especially the flourish of the whip, with which he imagined himself touching up a pair of fat horses,—I doubt whether his words would be worth recording, even if I could remember them. The gist of the reply was, that he accepted the whip as an emblem of peace; not punishment; and, this great affair over, we retired out ...

— Sketches and Studies • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... thousand kilograms of ivory, which are annually exported to European markets, and principally to the English! The western coast of Africa alone produces one hundred and forty tons of this precious substance. The average weight is twenty-eight pounds for a pair of elephant's tusks, which, in 1874, were valued as high as fifteen hundred francs; but there are some that weigh one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and at the Kazounde market, admirers would have found some admirable ones. They were ...

— Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen • Jules Verne

... other sister, "Mind you don't lose sight of your aunt!" And the pair trotted off into another room, leaving Clara ...

— A Tangled Tale • Lewis Carroll

Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org