LekhoriLekhoriTwo similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Every body sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
Used 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
To group into one or more sets of two.
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
A surname.
From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adjective). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian...
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It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch.
To impair, to make worse.
Why dreghis þou þis dole, & deris þi seluyn? / Lefe of þis Langore, as my lefe brother, / Þat puttes þe to payne and peires þi sight.