Definitionen
1.NounTwo alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of."I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair."
2.NounOne of the constituent items that make up a pair.
3.NounTwo people in a relationship, partnership or friendship."Spouses should make a great pair."
4.NounUsed with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)."a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans"
5.NounA couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke."A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders."
6.NounA poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
7.NounA score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
8.NounA double play, two outs recorded in one play."They turned a pair to end the fifth."
9.NounA doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams."The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies."
10.NounA boat for two sweep rowers.
11.NounA pair of breasts."She's got a gorgeous pair."
12.NounA pair of testicles."Grow a pair, mate."
13.NounThe exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
14.NounTwo 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."There were two pairs on the final vote."
15.NounA number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
16.NounIn a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
17.VerbTo group into one or more sets of two."The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party."
18.Verbto link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth."It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch."
19.VerbTo bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
20.VerbTo come together for mating.
21.VerbTo engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
22.VerbTo suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
23.VerbTo impair, to make worse.
24.VerbTo become worse, to deteriorate.