Definitions for the word, pair

(n.) A married couple; a man and wife.

(n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. \"A pair of beads.\" Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. \"Four pair of stairs.\" Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]

(n.) A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

(n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.

(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; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.

(n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

(n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

(v. i.) Same as To pair off. See phrase below.

(v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.

(v. i.) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

(v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.

(v. t.) To impair.

(v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.


11 words found in the Scrabble word, pair



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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