pair

Noun

• a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

• two people considered as a unit

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

Verb

• engage in sexual intercourse
  • Birds mate in the Spring
    

• arrange in pairs
  • Pair these numbers
    

• occur in pairs

• 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
    

• form a pair or pairs
  • The two old friends paired off
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  brace , copulate , mate , couple , geminate , match , twin , pair off , partner off