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Two objects or people related in some way or considered together
“In this race, everybody goes in pairs, and each pair had to get aboard and paddle out to a buoy and back.”
A set of two things used together or regarded as a unit
“They gave me some garb that the institution puts out, like pajamas, and an old pair of pants over it, a pair of slippers, and an old pair of socks.”
Two people that are in a romantic or married relationship
“A baptismal ceremony was next performed, the wedded pair being placed on green reed mats, while the priests poured water over them.”
Two horses harnessed side by side
“He made history in the old days when he competed in plowing championships with a pair of horses, at which he excelled.”
Someone or something that resembles, or corresponds to, another
(colloquial, slang) The breasts, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female
(literature) A pair of lines with rhyming end words
To put together or join to form a pair
“I was idly wondering what kind of sauce to pair with this pasta.”
To make level or equal in amount, degree, or status
To describe as, or compare to something, similar
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