Results for pair

Definitions of pair:

part of speech: noun

Two things equal, or suited to each other, or used together: a couple: a man and his wife.

part of speech: verb

To couple; to suit; to assort together in twos, as being similar or adapted to each other; to unite in couples.

part of speech: verb transitive

To join in couples.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To be joined in couples: to fit as a counterpart.

part of speech: noun

Two things of a kind, similar in form and used together; as, a pair of shoes; a single thing composed of two like parts; as, a pair of spectacles; a married couple; a couple or brace; as, a pair of ducks.

part of speech: noun

Two of a sort; a couple; a man and his wife.

part of speech: verb transitive

To join in couples; to mate.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To come together in couples; as, to pair off in a dance; to match; suit each other.

Usage examples for pair:

• Well, you shall both have a pair and they are rather pretty things, too, as the Esquimos make them. "Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin", Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

• The first tent I visited was occupied by an aged pair with two grown children, who appeared quite intelligent. "A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences", Laura S. Haviland

• Then, when you get back here, leave one of the pair here in the canoe, and we will get them to keep it a hundred feet or more off shore. "The High School Boys' Fishing Trip", H. Irving Hancock

• A pair of wide and very dark eyes was looking into mine. "54-40 or Fight", Emerson Hough