pair
Noun
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A set of two similar things considered as a unit (synset 108001665)
hypernym: set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so usedhyponym: tweedledee and tweedledum, tweedledum and tweedledee - any two people who are hard to tell apartsynonym: brace
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Two items of the same kind (synset 113765745)
hypernym: 2, deuce, ii, two - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this numberhyponym: doubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
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Two people considered as a unit (synset 107993383)
hypernym: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
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A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value (synset 107975021)
hypernym: poker hand - the 5 cards held in a game of poker
Verb
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Form a pair or pairs (synset 202496079)
"The two old friends paired off"
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Bring two objects, ideas, or people together (synset 201295488)
"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"hypernym: join - cause to become joined or linkedhyponym:verb group: match - give or join in marriage
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Occur in pairs (synset 201467994)
hypernym: occur - to be found to existsynonym: geminate
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Arrange in pairs (synset 201467847)
"Pair these numbers"synonym: geminate
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Engage in sexual intercourse (synset 201431486)
"Birds mate in the Spring"hyponym:
- nick - mate successfully; of livestock
- bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with - have sexual intercourse with
- tread - mate with
- serve, service - mate with
- deflower, ruin - deprive of virginity
- mount, ride - copulate with
- breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- bugger, sodomise, sodomize - practice anal sex upon
- sodomise, sodomize - copulate with an animal
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