Pair
(n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together |
Pair
(n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together |
Pair
(n.) Two of a sort |
Pair
(n.) A married couple |
Pair
(n.) A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together |
Pair
(n.) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time |
Pair
(n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. |
Pair
(v. i.) To be joined in paris |
Pair
(v. i.) To suit |
Pair
(v. i.) Same as To pair off. See phrase below. |
Pair
(v. t.) To unite in couples |
Pair
(v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. |
Pair
(v. t.) To impair. |
Trousers
(n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. |
Wear
(n.) Same as Weir. |
Wear
(v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side |
Wear
(v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person |
Wear
(v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner |
Wear
(v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self |
Wear
(v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like |
Wear
(v. t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting |
Wear
(v. t.) To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. |
Wear
(v. i.) To endure or suffer use |
Wear
(v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used |
Wear
(n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn |
Wear
(n.) The thing worn |
Wear
(n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. |
Wear
(n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. |
Wear
(n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. |
wear
wearing | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, she bought it for everyday wear |
bellbottom trousers
bell-bottoms
bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
clothing
article of clothing
vesture
wear
wearable
habiliment | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
handwear
hand wear | clothing for the hands |
| leisure wear | informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing |
long trousers
long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
pincer
pair of pincers
tweezer
pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
pliers
pair of pliers
plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
| ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
scissors
pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
sportswear
athletic wear
activewear | attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
tongs
pair of tongs | any of various devices for taking hold of objects, usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below |
virginal
pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord, played (usually by women) in the th and th centuries |
| wash-and-wear | a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing |
| pair | a poker hand with cards of the same value |
| pair | two people considered as a unit |
| pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
| au pair | a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework |
| au pair girl | a foreign girl serving as an au pair |
depreciation
wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use |
pair production
pair creation
pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
d couple
pair
twosome
twain
brace
span yoke
couplet
distich
duo
duet
dyad
duad | two items of the same kind |
| wear | impairment resulting from long use, the tires showed uneven wear |
| base pair | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands, the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA |
| wear | have or show an appearance of, wear one's hair in a certain way |
| wear bear | have on one's person, He wore a red ribbon, bear a scar |
wear put on
get into
don
assume | put clothing on one's body, What should I wear today?, He put on his best suit for the wedding, The princess donned a long blue dress, The queen assumed the stately robes, He got into his jeans |
wear
have on | be dressed in, She was wearing yellow that day |
c tire wear upon
tire out
wear weary
jade wear out
outwear
wear down
fag out
fag
fatigue
c | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress, We wore ourselves out on this hike |
erode gnaw
gnaw at
eat at
wear away | become ground down or deteriorate, Her confidence eroded |
| wear on | pass slowly (of time), The day wore on |
wear
wear off
wear out
wear down
wear thin | deteriorate through use or stress, The constant friction wore out the cloth |
wear away
wear off | diminish, as by friction, Erosion wore away the surface |
| match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, 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 |
break
wear
wear out
bust
fall apart | go to pieces, The lawn mower finally broke, The gears wore out, The old chair finally fell apart completely |
copulate
mate
pair
couple | engage in sexual intercourse, Birds mate in the Spring |
| pair geminate | arrange in pairs, Pair these numbers |
| pair geminate | occur in pairs |
whittle away
whittle down
wear away | cut away in small pieces |
tack
wear round | turn into the wind, The sailors decided to tack the boat, The boat tacked |
| wear ship | turn away from the wind, The sailors decided it was time to wear ship |
pair
pair off
partner off
couple | form a pair or pairs, The two old friends paired off |
call the shots
call the tune
wear the trousers | exercise authority or be in charge, Who is calling the shots in this house? |
wear
hold out endure | last and be usable, This dress wore well for almost ten years |
| wear | have in one's aspect, wear an expression of one's attitude or personality, He always wears a smile |
off-the-rack
off-the-shelf
off-the-peg
ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
wash-and-wear
drip-dry | treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing, a wash-and-wear shirt |