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pair
A	noun
	1	pair
			a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage ╚hand; deal ╚poker hand ╚pair
	2	pair
			two people considered as a unit
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚gathering; assemblage ╚pair ╚yoke ╚couple; twosome; duo; duet
	3	pair, brace
			a set of two similar things considered as a unit
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage ╚set ╚pair, brace ╚Tweedledum and Tweedledee; Tweedledee and Tweedledum
	4	couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
			two items of the same kind
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚integer; whole number ╚digit; figure ╚two; 2; II; deuce ╚couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad ╚doubleton
B	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; bring together ╚match, mate, couple, pair, twin ╚mismatch ╚mismate
	2	copulate, mate, pair, couple
			make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; conjoin ╚copulate, mate, pair, couple ╚deflower; ruin ╚serve; service ╚tread ╚roll in the hay; love; make out; make love; sleep with; get laid; have sex; know; do it; be intimate; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; screw; fuck; jazz; eff; hump; lie with; bed; have a go at it; bang; get it on; bonk ╚nick
	3	pair, geminate
			arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚arrange; set up ╚pair, geminate
	4	pair, geminate
			occur in pairs
		Category Tree: appear; come along ╚occur ╚pair, geminate
	5	pair, pair off, partner off, couple
			form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
		Category Tree: join; fall in; get together ╚unite; unify ╚pair, pair off, partner off, couple

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