Dictionary entry details
• PAIR (noun)
Meaning:
A set of two similar things considered as a unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pair; brace
Hypernyms ("pair" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pair"):
Tweedledee and Tweedledum; Tweedledum and Tweedledee (any two people who are hard to tell apart)
Meaning:
Two items of the same kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
twosome; twain; dyad; duo; duet; duad; distich; couplet; pair; brace; span; yoke; couple
Hypernyms ("pair" is a kind of...):
2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pair"):
doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)
Meaning:
Two people considered as a unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pair" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pair"):
couple; duet; duo; twosome (a pair who associate with one another)
yoke (a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke)
Meaning:
A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pair" is a kind of...):
poker hand (the 5 cards held in a game of poker)
• PAIR (verb)
Meaning:
Form a pair or pairs
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pair; pair off; partner off; couple
Context example:
The two old friends paired off
Hypernyms (to "pair" is one way to...):
unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
couple; mate; pair; twin; match
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "pair" is one way to...):
bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pair"):
mismatch (match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together)
mismate (provide with an unsuitable mate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Occur in pairs
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
geminate; pair
Hypernyms (to "pair" is one way to...):
occur (to be found to exist)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Arrange in pairs
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
geminate; pair
Context example:
Pair these numbers
Hypernyms (to "pair" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make love
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
copulate; mate; couple; pair
Context example:
Birds mate in the Spring
Hypernyms (to "pair" is one way to...):
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pair"):
bugger; sodomise; sodomize (practice anal sex upon)
breed; cover (copulate with a female, used especially of horses)
backcross (mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents)
mount; ride (copulate with)
deflower; ruin (deprive of virginity)
serve; service; tread (mate with)
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 with (have sexual intercourse with)
nick (mate successfully; of livestock)
sodomise; sodomize (copulate with an animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
